MD:
10th person in state dies of swine flu
Adult from Western Md. had underlying health problems, officials say
By Kelly Brewington | kelly.brewington@baltsun.com
October 14, 2009
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.fludeath14oct14,0,3816250.story
A 10th person in Maryland has died of swine flu, state health officials said Tuesday. The person, an adult from Western Maryland, had underlying health problems. As with other deaths related to the H1N1 virus, officials would not release further details.
Since the outbreak of the virus in the spring, 217 people in Maryland have been hospitalized and two children have died, one of them a 14-year-old girl with no underlying health problems.
Nationwide, 81 children have died of the swine flu, according to figures released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In an analysis of the H1N1 hospitalizations in 10 states from April through August, the agency found that even healthy people are becoming seriously ill from the virus. Of the 1,400 adult hospitalizations and 500 child hospitalizations, 45 percent did not have an underlying health problem.
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