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US Hits 1M Swine Flu Cases

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 25, 2009 3:27 PM CDT
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(AP) – Health officials estimate that as many as 1 million Americans now have the H1N1 virus, better known as swine flu. The estimate, made public today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is based on mathematical modeling. Nearly 28,000 US cases have been reported to the CDC, accounting for roughly half the world's cases. The US count includes 3,065 hospitalizations and 127 deaths.

An estimated 15 million to 60 million Americans catch seasonal flu each year. The percentage of cases hospitalized has been growing, but that may be because of closer scrutiny of very sick patients. It takes about three days from the onset of symptoms to hospitalization, and the average hospital stay has been three days. The average age of swine flu patients is 12, the average age for hospitalized patients is 20, and the average age of those who died was 37.

Ilana Jackson, left, and Jeremy Fierstien wear surgical masks during their wedding in Highland Park, Ill., June 14, 2009.
Ilana Jackson, left, and Jeremy Fierstien wear surgical masks during their wedding in Highland Park, Ill., June 14, 2009.   (AP Photo)
A girl cries as she is vaccinated against the flu in Buenos Aires today.
A girl cries as she is vaccinated against the flu in Buenos Aires today.   (AP Photo)
Workers clean a classroom at a primary school which is closed due to H1N1 flu in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Workers clean a classroom at a primary school which is closed due to H1N1 flu in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   (AP Photo)
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kokuaguy
Jun 28, 2009 1:43 AM CDT
Mahalo sph.
Netstorm2k10
Jun 26, 2009 1:59 AM CDT
What's important is how many of them are going to die. About .2 percent.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

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