Manitoba confirms 27 new cases of swine flu

CBC News

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Manitoba has soared to 38, from 11 previously.

Manitoba Health authorities announced Wednesday 27 new confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in people between the ages of one month and 56 years. Of the new cases, three patients have been treated in hospital.

Thirteen of the new cases were males and 14 were females.

Few details were provided regarding the areas of the province where the new cases were reported, other than that two of the three new cases are from two First Nations communities in the Burntwood health region.

That region includes St. Theresa Point, a northern Manitoba community from which 12 people suffering severe flu-like illnesses were flown by air ambulance this past week to Winnipeg. Two women and 10 children have been admitted to hospitals in the city.

The two women are listed in critical condition and one of them, who was pregnant, has lost her baby.

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