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    Deaths "surge" in Canada over last 48 hours. Alberta had a very large amount of deaths (22) for a province of 3 or 4 million people.



    Swine Flu surge: 18 more die in Ontario, 22 in Alberta


    OTTAWA ? 52 more Canadians have died from Swine Flu to take the national fatalities from the novel pandemic virus H1N1 to 250 from the 198 deaths that were being reported just two days ago.

    The Public Health Agency of Canada reported the new tally on Thursday, indicating that between Nov. 17 and 11 a.m. EST on Nov. 19, Ontario reported an additional 18 deaths while Alberta reported 22.

    B.C.?s death toll climbed to 32 with two additional deaths since the last B.C. government report which indicated on Tuesday that there had been 30 deaths across the province.

    The starling jump in a reporting period of less than three days is the highest national death toll reported since the Swine Flu pandemic hit Canada in a second, more lethal wave.

    Seven additional deaths were reported in Quebec to take that provinces total fatalities to 65. Quebec?s death toll has jumped significantly in one week.

    Saskatchewan indicated one additional death for a total of 9.

    Nova Scotia reported one death for a total of 4.

    Ontario had previously reported a cluster of 24 deaths in a 72 hour period. The 18 deaths it is now reporting came after a one-week lull in fatalities.

    A total of 79 Ontario deaths are now blamed the H1N1 virus, with most of them occurring in late October and early Novembe

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    Re: Deaths "surge" in Canada over last two days

    Link to story in post #1

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      Re: Deaths "surge" in Canada over last two days

      Welcome 6180!

      Thank you for posting the link Hornblower!

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        Re: Deaths "surge" in Canada over last two days

        This "surge" was due to deaths that had been reported publicly for weeks in Alberta being reported to PHAC in one week, just a surge in reports of deaths over a few weeks not an actual surge in deaths.

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          Re: Deaths "surge" in Canada over last two days

          Welcom 6180 - thanks for the info - and thank you for the background Blacknail.
          "The only security we have is our ability to adapt."

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