Resident of Northern Health Region Dies of H1N1
By 250 News
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:57 PM
Prince George, B.C.- Northern Health has recorded its first death from H1N1, although the death didn’t actually happen in this region.
A middle aged woman, who was a resident of the north east region of Northern Health, died in a hospital in Edmonton within the past two weeks. Northern Health Spokesperson, Eryn Collins says the woman had multiple underlying conditions and lab tests confirmed the woman had H1N1.
Since November 17th, there have been 109 new severe cases of H1N1 in the province including five new severe cases in the Northern Health region. There have been four new deaths in the province. That brings the death toll from lab confirmed cases of H1N1 in this province to 34. Of those, 29 cases had underlying medical conditions while four had no underlying conditions. One case is still under investigation.
In total, BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has confirmed 863 severe H1N1 cases in British Columbia since April 2009, including:
o 336 in Fraser Health, including 12 deaths.
o 185 in Interior Health, including seven deaths.
o 38 in Northern Health, including one death.
o 230 in Vancouver Coastal Health, including eight deaths.
o 74 on Vancouver Island, including six deaths.
The H1N1 vaccine is now available to the general public.
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Posted by: BCRacer on November 24 2009 3:46 PM
There's the tip off!