Via TopNews: DHH: 2 more die of swine flu in Louisiana; state H1N1 toll 43. Excerpt:
As per the most recent swine flu-related information forwarded by Louisiana’s Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), two more people have fallen prey to the H1N1 virus in the state during the last one week.
While both the latest swine flu victims were women – one of them belonged to the Monroe area, and the other was from the Alexandria area.
With the two recent deaths of swine flu patients, the total H1N1 death toll in Louisiana has risen to 43. In addition, as many as 237,000 people in the state either presently have H1N1 flu or have suffered from it in the past.
Reporting the two recent swine flu deaths, the DHH officials also informed that the swine flu vaccine has been made widely available in the state. Earlier, ever since October, the availability of the vaccine was largely limited to people in the high-risk group alone.
Furthermore, noting that over 346,951 doses of the swine flu vaccine have been administered, the DHH officials added that the transmission of the influenza has undergone a notable decrease over the past few weeks.
