New Jersey reports 5th swine flu death
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June 23, 2009 by fluoutbreak
The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey state health officials are reporting the state’s fifth swine flu-related death.
The state lab on Tuesday confirmed that a 79-year-old Hudson County woman who died June 19 at Bayonne Medical Center had the H1N1 virus.
Officials say she became ill on June 15 and was hospitalized later that day with a cough and fever. She had underlying medical conditions.
The four others in New Jersey who have died from the virus include a 36-year-old Union County man, a 15-year-old Somerset County boy, a 10-year-old Sussex County boy and a 49-year-old northern New Jersey man.
New Jersey currently has 568 confirmed cases of swine flu in 19 counties and 275 probable cases.
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