U.S. H1N1 flu cases hit 50 states; L.A. has 1st death

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Cases of the new H1N1 flu virus have been found in all 50 U.S. states and tests have confirmed the virus in more than 10,000 people across the nation, U.S. officials said on Monday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the confirmed tests represent about one in 20 of the actual number of infections, which would bring the total number of U.S. cases to around 200,000.

In Los Angeles, health officials reported the county’s first death from the disease, a middle-aged woman who had underlying health problems.

The woman, whose name was not released, died in May and was one of 102 cases of the swine flu virus in Los Angeles County.

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