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County's second H1N1 death is 55-year-old San Rafael man
Staff Report
Posted: 07/20/2009 01:45:35 PM PDT
A 55-year-old man from San Rafael has become Marin County's second confirmed death from the H1N1 influenza, county health officials announced Monday.
The man, whose name has not been released, died July 8 of the so-called swine flu and had pre-existing medical conditions. The Marin County Department of Health and Human Services was notified Friday that a state laboratory had confirmed it as an H1N1 case.
Most of the H1N1 cases statewide have been mild, according to Dr. Anju Goel, the county's deputy public health officer. However, there have been 263 deaths nationwide and 55 in California attributed to H1N1.
In Marin, 72 cases have been confirmed, broken down as 26 confirmed and 46 probable.
"We anticipate that will continue to see more cases over the next several weeks and months now that the H1N1 virus has become well established in California," Goel said.
County's second H1N1 death is 55-year-old San Rafael man
Staff Report
Posted: 07/20/2009 01:45:35 PM PDT
A 55-year-old man from San Rafael has become Marin County's second confirmed death from the H1N1 influenza, county health officials announced Monday.
The man, whose name has not been released, died July 8 of the so-called swine flu and had pre-existing medical conditions. The Marin County Department of Health and Human Services was notified Friday that a state laboratory had confirmed it as an H1N1 case.
Most of the H1N1 cases statewide have been mild, according to Dr. Anju Goel, the county's deputy public health officer. However, there have been 263 deaths nationwide and 55 in California attributed to H1N1.
In Marin, 72 cases have been confirmed, broken down as 26 confirmed and 46 probable.
"We anticipate that will continue to see more cases over the next several weeks and months now that the H1N1 virus has become well established in California," Goel said.