Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

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NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 5/28/09 -

Albany: 1
Broome: 1
Clinton: 2
Cortland: 1
Chautauqua: 1
Dutchess: 2
Erie: 34
Greene: 1
Lewis: 1
Monroe: 3
Nassau: 40
Niagra: 1
Orange: 3
Onondaga: 17
Otsego: 1
Rockland: 5
Saratoga: 1
Schenectady: 3
Suffolk: 45
Sullivan: 1
Tompkins: 1
Washington: 1
Westchester: 23

New York City: 388

State Total Confirmed Cases: 577

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



*** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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News updates for 5/28/09:

Reported by the Ithaca Journal in Ithaca, NY

First case in Tompkins is an "unidentified person" recovering at home. Tompkins County Health Department is monitoring contacts of the person for signs of illness.

http://www.theithacajournal.com/arti...swine+flu+case

Reported by WNYW Fox 5 News in New York City:

17 new cases in Suffolk, brings the county total to 40. (currently the total is now 45). All of the new cases experienced flu-like symptoms between April 28 and May 14, most have fully recovered. There are 12 additional probable cases pending. Suffolk County Health Commissioner, Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, says exposure to a confirmed case, absent flu-like symptoms, is not a reason by itself to visit a doctor.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/health/sw...ses_in_Suffolk

Reported by The Buffalo News in Buffalo, NY:

Erie County Health Department advises that all students who have flu or flu-like symptoms be banned from school for 7 days. The ban applies to any school age child who is diagnosed with influenza A, any student with flu-like symptoms who has a family member diagnosed with flu, and any student with flu-like symptoms in a school district with ongoing flu transmission. This new guideline applies to all local school districts in Erie County.

http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/685053.html

Reported by News 10 Now in Syracuse, NY:

4 more confirmed cases in Onondaga County, bringing the county total to 18 (NYS DOH says 17?). One case is an adult and 3 are children. 1 child attends school in Cayuga County, the other two children attend Bellevue Elementary School in Syracuse. The Onondaga County Health Department advises that any student with a fever or flu-like symptoms visiting the school nurse wear a mask until their parents pick them up. Ill students are then asked to stay home for 7 days, effective immediately.

http://news10now.com/content/all_new...ew-guidelines/

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News updates for 5/29/09:

Reported by WXXI in Rochester, NY:

A Fairbanks Road Elementary student, in the Churchville-Chili School District, identified as the third confirmed case in Monroe County. Diagnosis took 7 days to confirm, after the student had all ready recovered and returned to class. Monroe County Health Director Andrew Doniger says the child was probably infected by out-of-town visitors who had flu symptoms when they arrived, although he says it's very likely that H1N1 is passing from person to person in the Rochester area. Monroe County Health Department is now focusing on spread of the virus, rather than identifying individual cases. Fairbanks School is remaining open. (other statistics given in this article are out of date)

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wx....Monroe.County

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NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 5/29/09 -

Albany: 1
Broome: 1
Clinton: 2
Cortland: 1
Chautauqua: 1
Dutchess: 4
Erie: 34
Greene: 1
Jefferson: 1
Lewis: 1
Monroe: 3
Nassau: 46
Niagra: 1
Orange: 3
Onondaga: 20
Otsego: 1
Rockland: 5
Saratoga: 1
Schenectady: 3
Suffolk: 47
Sullivan: 1
Tompkins: 1
Washington: 1
Westchester: 24

New York City: 415

State Total Confirmed Cases: 619

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



*** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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News updates for 5/29/09:

Reported by The Poughkeepsie Journal in Poughkeepsie, NY:

Dutchess County has 3 more confirmed cases, bringing the county total to 5 (NYS DOH has the Dutchess County total at 4?) All 3 patients are adults and have recovered, 2 are connected by the same living situation.

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/a...12/1006/news01

Reported by WWNY TV 7 in Watertown, NY:

1 confirmed case in Jefferson County, the unidentified person is an adult, was not hospitalized, and recovered at home. No reported increase of flu-like illness in the county.

http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/46472997.html

[B] Reported by the Post Standard in Syracuse, NY:[/B}

2 new cases of swine flu in Onondaga County. 1 is a student at Eagle Hill Middle School in Manlius, the other is a student at LeMoyne Elementary School in Syracuse. Total cases of flu in Onondaga County at 20. The Onondaga Health Department advises that children who attend schools with confirmed cases do not need to be tested if they develop mild flu-like symptoms. There has been an increase in the number of visits to emergency departments and urgent care facilities in Onondaga County. People with mild flu symptoms are advised to stay home and not to go to these facilities. Only people with moderate to severe symptoms should contact health care providers.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.s...2_more_sw.html

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News updates for 6/1/09:

Reported 5/30/09 by The Journal News in White Plains, NY:

Widespread flu-like illness reported in the Edgemont and Hastings-on-Hudson school districts in Westchester County. Officials say there is no indication that this is related to swine flu, but the article does not specify that any of the students have been tested for H1N1. According to school superintendent Nancy Taddiken, 20% of the students and 10 teachers at the Edgemont Junior-Senior High School reported flu-like symptoms last week. "It is extremely out of the ordinary. We typically have (a student) absentee rate of maybe 3 to 4 percent," Taddiken said. The Hastings School district reports 15% of the enrollment is experiencing flu-like symptoms. Health officials at this point consider the swine flu to be of relatively minimal public-health significance. Both schools plan to remain open and all activities will continue as scheduled. To date there are 23 confirmed cases of swine flu in Westchester County.


http://lohud.com/article/20090530/NE...0347/-1/SPORTS

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Compare the above article with this one from 5/24/09:

Reported by Newsday.com covering Long island, NY:

NYC Officials report swine flu now the most prevalent strain. "If you have flulike symptoms, it's more likely you have the H1N1 virus than the seasonal flu," said Jessica Scaperotti, a spokeswoman for the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.


http://www.newsday.com/news/local/na...,4069056.story

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I'm still waiting for the updated NYS DOH case numbers for today, but Onondaga County has released some new numbers:

Reported by News 10 Now in Syracuse, NY:

Onondaga County reporting 9 new confirmed cases, 8 children and 1 adult who was hospitalized, but has since been released. Some of the children attend Jamesville-DeWitt Middle School and Dr. Martin Luther King School in Syracuse. Total number of cases in Onondaga County at 29.

http://news10now.com/content/all_new...1n1-confirmed/

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NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 6/1/09 -

Albany: 1
Broome: 2
Clinton: 2
Columbia: 1
Cortland: 1
Chautauqua: 1
Dutchess: 4
Erie: 41
Greene: 1
Jefferson: 1
Lewis: 1
Monroe: 3
Nassau: 48
Niagra: 1
Orange: 3
Onondaga: 29
Otsego: 1
Rockland: 6
Saratoga: 1
Schenectady: 3
Suffolk: 50
Sullivan: 1
Tompkins: 2
Washington: 1
Westchester: 25

New York City: 415*
(NYC did not report out cases on Friday)

State Total Confirmed Cases: 645

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



*** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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News updates for 6/2/09:

Reported by the Albany Times Union in Albany, NY:

Columbia County confirms first case of swine flu. No information available on age or location, but the person has a mild case and is expected to make a full recovery.

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...ategory=REGION

Reported by the Lower Hudson Journal News in White Plains, NY:

A West Haverstraw Elementary student is the sixth confirmed H1N1 case in Rockland County. There are no plans to close the school because the period in which the student would have been contagious, May 13 to May 20, has now passed. Previous cases in the county were 2 adults, 2 pre-school aged children, and one student at Eldorado Elementary School in Chestnut Ridge. None were hospitalized.

http://lohud.com/article/20090602/NE...0359/-1/SPORTS

Reported by the Post Standard in Syracuse, NY:
**this is repeated info from a different source, check out the quote from the Onondaga Health Commissioner

Onondaga County reports 9 new cases of swine flu, bringing the county total to 29. 8 of the new cases are children, some are students of Jamesville-DeWitt Middle School and Dr. Martin Luther King School in Syracuse. One is an adult who was hospitalized and released.

Quoted from the article:

There likely are more, said Dr. Cynthia Morrow, Onondaga County's health commissioner. "We're only testing a few children from each school, so clearly from every confirmed case there are going to be multiple children who have H1N1 who do not ever get tested," Morrow said. The Health Department no longer will report the number of children at schools where cases of swine flu have been confirmed, Morrow said. It will only report on new school involvement.

Morrow is reporting "widespread H1N1 activity" in Onondaga County.

So far, there are 11 schools in the county with confirmed cases: Jamesville-DeWitt Middle School in the Jamesville-DeWitt school district and Dr. Martin Luther King School in Syracuse, Fabius-Pompey Elementary in the Fabius-Pompey school district; Eagle Hill Middle School, Mott Road Elementary and Wellwood Middle School in the Fayetteville-Manlius school district; and Bellevue, Ed Smith, LeMoyne, Percy Hughes and Roberts elementary schools in the Syracuse City school district.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.s...940.xml&coll=1

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> New York State updates for 5/5/09:
> Reported by the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, NY:
> Monroe County's first confirmed case of swine flu recovered

but here

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/CY040042

is a confirmed and sequenced case from Monroe County, New York,
with collection date 27.April

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Hi gsgs, do you think they are stretching the term "recovered" in the media, or is 9 days an adequate time to get over a swine flu infection?

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NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 6/2/09 -

Albany: 1
Broome: 2
Clinton: 2
Columbia: 1
Cortland: 1
Chautauqua: 1
Dutchess: 8
Erie: 43
Greene: 1
Jefferson: 1
Lewis: 1
Livingston: 1
Monroe: 5
Nassau: 48
Niagra: 1
Orange: 3
Onondaga: 33
Otsego: 1
Rockland: 6
Saratoga: 1
Schenectady: 3
Suffolk: 50
Sullivan: 1
Tompkins: 2
Washington: 1
Westchester: 24

New York City: 538

State Total Confirmed Cases: 780

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



*** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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News updates for 6/2/09:

Reported by the Newsday.com covering Long Island:

2 of the newest cases in Suffolk County are confirmed at Eastport-South Manor Junior Senior High School. There are also 2 new cases of the virus in Manorville, but officials have declined to say which school is involved.

*scroll to the bottom of the article for Suffolk info
http://www.newsday.com/news/printedi...,2281278.story

Reported by WSYR News Channel 9 in Syracuse, NY:

3 new confirmed cases in Onondaga County, two children and one adult who had been hospitalized but later discharged. At least one of these cases involves Westhill High School, although the exact number of cases at the school will not be reported. (the article lists Onondaga at 32 cases, but it is currently 33).

The County Health Department has an updated listing of schools with confirmed cases of swine flu here

Link to the article:
http://www.9wsyr.com/content/news/sw...9WkMzm4YA.cspx

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Appleblossom, thanks for keeping this thread up to date.
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I think that gsgs was pointing out a timeline discrepancy. On May 1, there were 7 suspected cases in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Monroe</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> (Post #1). Post #13 (from May 7, 2009) notes that, of those seven, there was only one confirmed case in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Monroe</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Two days prior to the May 7th post, the first confirmed case from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Monroe</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> is reported to have recovered on May 5^th (Post #10). Up until May 7^th, there was only 1 confirmed case in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Monroe</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>, but that individual was reported as recovered almost before he or she was reported as confirmed.
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The link provided by gsgs (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/CY040042) references a sample that must have been collected from the first confirmed case in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Monroe</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> on April 27, 2009. Even giving the CDC a few days, local official must have known that this individual was infected by the 2^nd or 3^rd of May. One could suggest that the health officials held back on reporting this case.
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That is why it is critical that you and other members of FT continue to post local news articles and information to provide a context in which to interpret the sterile data provided by local public health officials.
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