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Two central Ohio H1N1 deaths reported
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:59 PM
By Misti Crane
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ross and Fayette counties reported their first H1N1-related deaths this week.
A 33-year-old Washington Court House man with no underlying health problems died Sunday at Mount Carmel West in Columbus, apparently from the virus, said Karen Lowe, Fayette County deputy health commissioner.
The man, whose flu strain was confirmed by testing, died within a week of falling ill, she said.
In Ross County, a 54-year-old woman with a laboratory-confirmed case of H1N1 flu died a week ago today at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, officials said.
Statewide, 25 deaths have been reported as of today, said Ohio Department of Health spokesman Kristopher Weiss. There have been 2,155 flu-related hospitalizations, he said.The tally of H1N1 deaths is not, and won't ever be, complete. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't required that all adult deaths be reported, only child deaths. Each year, an estimated 36,000 Americans die of seasonal flu.
mcrane@dispatch.com
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/11/10/H1N1_box.html?sid=101
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:59 PM
By Misti Crane
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ross and Fayette counties reported their first H1N1-related deaths this week.
A 33-year-old Washington Court House man with no underlying health problems died Sunday at Mount Carmel West in Columbus, apparently from the virus, said Karen Lowe, Fayette County deputy health commissioner.
The man, whose flu strain was confirmed by testing, died within a week of falling ill, she said.
In Ross County, a 54-year-old woman with a laboratory-confirmed case of H1N1 flu died a week ago today at Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, officials said.
Statewide, 25 deaths have been reported as of today, said Ohio Department of Health spokesman Kristopher Weiss. There have been 2,155 flu-related hospitalizations, he said.The tally of H1N1 deaths is not, and won't ever be, complete. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't required that all adult deaths be reported, only child deaths. Each year, an estimated 36,000 Americans die of seasonal flu.
mcrane@dispatch.com
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/11/10/H1N1_box.html?sid=101