Swine-flu related deaths confirmed in Polk and Seminole countiesNumber of fatalities rises to 121 statewide
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A 56-year-old Polk County woman and a 58-year-old Volusia County man are among the latest confirmed deaths due to complications from H1N1 (swine) flu, state health officials said today.
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First H1N1 death reported in Tippecanoe Co. - IN
By TAYA FLORES • tflores@jconline.com • October 15, 2009
A 40-year-old woman died Thursday in Tippecanoe County from H1N1 influenza, according to health officials.
This is the first reported death from H1N1 in Tippecanoe County.
The woman died Thursday morning from overwhelming respiratory failure at a local hospital. She had a previous medical condition that caused her to have complications from the H1N1 virus, said Dr. Michael Bohlin, health officer for the Tippecanoe County Health Department.
Bohlin would not release the woman’s name or the name of the medical condition. He did not provide information about where the woman lived.
Bohlin said to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, Tippecanoe County residents should become vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes available to them.
He also advised local residents to take the same precautions health officials have been touting since the beginning of the H1N1 outbreak, such as washing one’s hands and coughing into one’s sleeve.
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