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Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 1:56 p.m.
State health officials have released new figures that show six Rio Grande Valley residents died from the swine flu in June.
The Texas Department of State Health Services released the figures on its website Wednesday.
Identities were not released but the report said a Cameron County woman as well as one man, three women and one boy from Hidalgo County died from the disease in June.
State health officials have released new figures that show six Rio Grande Valley residents died from the swine flu in June.
The Texas Department of State Health Services released the figures on its website Wednesday.
Identities were not released but the report said a Cameron County woman as well as one man, three women and one boy from Hidalgo County died from the disease in June.
The state figures show that a total of 21 people have died from the swine flu in Texas.
Of those, seven deaths have been reported in the Valley.
Six of those deaths were in June.
The seventh victim was a Mercedes teacher who died from the disease in May.
Of those, seven deaths have been reported in the Valley.
Six of those deaths were in June.
The seventh victim was a Mercedes teacher who died from the disease in May.
A baby from Mexico City died in Houston from the disease in April. He and his family had visited Brownsville days earlier.
A total of 4,287 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Texas.
About 35 percent of the confirmed cases and half of the deaths in Texas are from the Valley.
A total of 4,287 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Texas.
About 35 percent of the confirmed cases and half of the deaths in Texas are from the Valley.
A 3-year-old Dallas County resident who died Thursday morning was infected with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, Dallas County Health and Human Services officials confirmed.
The child had underlying medical conditions, including neurological and chronic lung disease, officials said.
The department did not release additional identifying information for medical confidentiality and privacy reasons.
The death marks the county’s fourth confirmed swine-flu-related death this season.
The child had underlying medical conditions, including neurological and chronic lung disease, officials said.
The department did not release additional identifying information for medical confidentiality and privacy reasons.
The death marks the county’s fourth confirmed swine-flu-related death this season.
Toddler Dies After Contracting Swine Flu
A sixth-grade student at Vernon Price Elementary in Mesquite died at a hospital Sunday. She didn't have any underlying medical conditions, but had also been diagnosed with a bacterial infection and pneumonia.
The first two swine-flu related deaths involved adults who had underlying medical conditions. One was a 52-year-old woman who died on Aug. 27, and the other was a 37-year-old man who died on Sept. 4.
Texas has had four confirmed swine flu deaths of people younger than age 18, Dallas County Health officials said.
During the last flu season, there were 11 pediatric flu deaths in Texas. Out of those deaths, two occurred in Dallas County.
A sixth-grade student at Vernon Price Elementary in Mesquite died at a hospital Sunday. She didn't have any underlying medical conditions, but had also been diagnosed with a bacterial infection and pneumonia.
The first two swine-flu related deaths involved adults who had underlying medical conditions. One was a 52-year-old woman who died on Aug. 27, and the other was a 37-year-old man who died on Sept. 4.
Texas has had four confirmed swine flu deaths of people younger than age 18, Dallas County Health officials said.
During the last flu season, there were 11 pediatric flu deaths in Texas. Out of those deaths, two occurred in Dallas County.
But as of the end of July, 400 cases had been reported in Cameron County, with two deaths attributed to H1N1, while more than 1,300 cases had been reported in Hidalgo County, with 10 deaths attributed to the virus.
The Valley’s first reported death connected with swine flu was a Mercedes school teacher who lived in Harlingen. The teacher, Judy Dominguez Trunnell, was pregnant,
and gave birth days before her death.
and gave birth days before her death.
Cynthia’s death is the third swine flu-related death in Dallas County. The death of a 52-year-old woman with an underlying medical condition was the first reported death, Aug. 27. The second death, of a 37-year-old man with an existing medical condition, was reported Sept. 4.
A 3-year-old girl with underlying medical conditions died from swine flu Thursday morning, Dallas County health officials said.
Lab results confirming swine flu as the cause of death arrived Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Lab results confirming swine flu as the cause of death arrived Thursday afternoon, officials said.
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