Swine flu continues spread in Alaska
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June 23, 2009 by fluoutbreak
By Pat Forgey, JUNEAU EMPIRE
State public health officials reported 13 new cases of swine flu Monday, including one new case in Juneau among Southeast Alaska’s five new ones.
Alaska’s first official cases of the H1N1 swine flu was in Fairbanks in May, and with most of the state’s early cases concentrated in the Interior. Southeast and the Interior now each have 11 cases, while the Southcentral communities of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna have a total of 13.
There was also a single case in Homer, for a total of 36 statewide.
The latest Juneau case was a woman in her 60s, who was diagnosed at Bartlett Regional Hospital on June 8.
Two earlier Juneau cases were diagnosed at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Juneau clinic.
The Juneau woman may be the oldest person in the state to come down with the flu. Health officials say those confirmed to have swine flu so far have ranged in age from 7 months to 63 years.
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