Three more flu deaths as H1N1 impact fades fast

[Ronan Kelly]

Three more flu deaths as H1N1 impact fades fast
By Jeff Nagel - BC Local News


Published: December 08, 2009 11:00 AM
Updated: December 08, 2009 11:38 AM
The number of severe new cases of H1N1 flu in B.C. dropped sharply over the past week.

Three more people died in the province ? two on Vancouver Island and one in the north, according to statistics from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

Just 32 new patients were hospitalized from swine flu over the past week.

That's about a third the number of hospitalizations as a week earlier and way down from the peak in early November, when B.C. was recording almost 200 severe cases a week.

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Re: Three more flu deaths as H1N1 impact fades fast

INFORMATION BULLETIN
H1N1 FLU VIRUS
(HUMAN SWINE FLU) UNDER SURVEILLANCE​

Update:
12 p.m., Dec. 8, 2009​

VICTORIA British Columbia continues to monitor and respond to the spread of the pandemic H1N1 flu
virus.


Since Dec. 1, there have been 32 new severe
cases of H1N1 identified in B.C. eight in Fraser Health, 14 in Vancouver
Coastal Health, five in Interior Health, four on Vancouver Island and one in
Northern Health with three new deaths, including one in Northern Health and two on Vancouver Island.

The majority of lab-confirmed cases in B.C. have been mild or moderate in severity, with the patients either having already recovered or currently recovering.


While the Province continues to monitor all laboratory-confirmed cases, the weekly report now includes only severe confirmed H1N1 cases (hospitalizations and deaths). For more detailed surveillance data, visit www.bccdc.ca.


How many severe cases of the H1N1 flu
virus are there in B.C.?


Since Dec. 1, there have been 32 new severe cases of H1N1 identified in B.C., with three new deaths.


In total, BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has confirmed 1009 severe H1N1 cases in British Columbia since April 2009, including:


354 in Fraser Health, including 17 deaths.

231 in Interior Health, including 11 deaths.

44 in Northern Health, including two deaths.

257 in Vancouver Coastal Health, including seven
deaths.

123 on Vancouver Island, including 10 deaths.


To date, 47* laboratory-confirmed H1N1 cases in
B.C. are reported to have died. Of those, 40 cases had underlying medical conditions while five had no underlying conditions. Two cases are still under investigation.

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