New York - 56 Hospitalized With Swine Flu in NYC

[FrenchieGirl]

New York - 56 Hospitalized With Swine Flu in NYC


Updated: Thursday, 21 May 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 21 May 2009, 6:59 PM EDT

A health department spokeswoman says 56 people are hospitalized with confirmed cases of swine flu around New York City.

Spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti had no information Wednesday on the patients' conditions or ages, or how the number of hospitalizations compares with recent days or weeks.

The department says most swine flu cases still are mild. City and state officials say there are more than 220 confirmed cases citywide. But Scaperotti says that represents only a fraction of the sick because only people with severe cases or in suspected clusters are being tested.

An assistant school principal died of the virus Sunday. Scaperotti says there are no more suspected swine flu deaths in the city.

Seasonal flu causes about 1,000 New York City deaths a year.

 

[The Mountains Voice]

Re: New York - 56 Hospitalized With Swine Flu in NYC

health department spokeswoman says 56 people are hospitalized with confirmed cases ..............220 confirmed cases citywide.

This is a good example of why calculating on "Official numbers" is no longer valid. Obviously more cases than 220. Because based on these numbers we'd be looking at a 25%+ Hospitalization rate.

 

[hawkeye]

Re: New York - 56 Hospitalized With Swine Flu in NYC

good point.

This is a good example of why calculating on "Official numbers" is no longer valid. Obviously more cases than 220. Because based on these numbers we'd be looking at a 25%+ Hospitalization rate.

 

[colormyquilt]

Re: New York - 56 Hospitalized With Swine Flu in NYC

I would be interested in how these hospitalizations are being facilitated. Are we talking isolation based on confirmation? Are we talking ventilators?

 

[thebes]

Re: New York - 56 Hospitalized With Swine Flu in NYC

At least one patient is on a ventilator.

At least one city swine-flu victim is hospitalized on a ventilator, The Post has learned.

In all, 56 people are now hospitalized with swine flu across the city, officials said yesterday.

The age and sex of the ventilator patient, who is at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan, was not disclosed. Officials also reported more than 220 confirmed cases citywide.

Meanwhile, authorities shuttered six more public-school buildings due to the virus, even as four schools that were closed last week are set to reopen.

As with the two dozen prior public-school closings, officials said it was a rash of kids reporting flu-like symptoms at the schools -- four in Queens, one in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx -- that prompted the shutdowns.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05222009/news/regionalnews/swine_virus_victim_on_a_ventilator_170481.htm