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Sixth swine-flu related death in Suffolk
BY JOHN VALENTI | john.valenti@newsday.com
8:33 AM EDT, July 14, 2009
A sixth person in Suffolk County - and the eighth on Long Island - has died with the swine flu virus, county health officials said.
The Suffolk County medical examiner's office is scheduled to perform an autopsy Tuesday to determine if the woman, who was identified only as being between the ages of 40 and 50 and from the Town of Brookhaven, died as a result of the H1N1 influenza virus, officials said.
The Suffolk Health Department commissioner, Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, said the woman experienced flulike symptoms on June 18, was hospitalized on June 25 and died Sunday.
He said the woman had an underlying medical condition.
Five previous deaths in Suffolk have been related to the swine flu, as have two deaths in Nassau, officials said.
The most-recent confirmed swine flu-related death on Long Island was that of a minor on July 1, officials said. That child had "multiple underlying medical conditions," the Nassau health department said.
There have been at least 143 confirmed H1N1 virus cases so far in Suffolk, 98 in Nassau.
There have been 47 deaths in New York City connected to the virus confirmed this year.
Sixth swine-flu related death in Suffolk
BY JOHN VALENTI | john.valenti@newsday.com
8:33 AM EDT, July 14, 2009
A sixth person in Suffolk County - and the eighth on Long Island - has died with the swine flu virus, county health officials said.
The Suffolk County medical examiner's office is scheduled to perform an autopsy Tuesday to determine if the woman, who was identified only as being between the ages of 40 and 50 and from the Town of Brookhaven, died as a result of the H1N1 influenza virus, officials said.
The Suffolk Health Department commissioner, Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, said the woman experienced flulike symptoms on June 18, was hospitalized on June 25 and died Sunday.
He said the woman had an underlying medical condition.
Five previous deaths in Suffolk have been related to the swine flu, as have two deaths in Nassau, officials said.
The most-recent confirmed swine flu-related death on Long Island was that of a minor on July 1, officials said. That child had "multiple underlying medical conditions," the Nassau health department said.
There have been at least 143 confirmed H1N1 virus cases so far in Suffolk, 98 in Nassau.
There have been 47 deaths in New York City connected to the virus confirmed this year.
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