New Rash of Cases of H1N1 In B.C.
By 250 News
Monday, August 10, 2009 06:01 PM
VICTORIA - British Columbia continues to monitor and respond to the spread of the novel H1N1 flu virus (human swine flu).
Forty-two new cases, including one death, have been confirmed since August 4the.
Two of the cases are in Northern Health, 19 in Fraser Health, 15 in Vancouver Coastal Health, four on Vancouver Island and two in Interior Health - for a total of 676 laboratory-confirmed cases in the province, the vast majority of which have been
mild cases with patients either recovered or currently recovering.
The death in the last week brings the total number of deaths in B.C. to four since July 13. In each case, there were underlying medical conditions.
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