Swine flu (H1N1 virus) update

by: CHARLES FIEGL Jun 12, 2009

As you read in this week's Part B News, the swine flu is not going away. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there's a "phase 6" global pandemic, meaning "the same virus has caused sustained community level outbreaks in at least one other country in another WHO region." Here are the latest U.S. statistics on the H1N1 influenza virus outbreak from the CDC. The number of reported cases has reached more than 17,800, and has caused 45 deaths. Subscribers can read more of our coverage, which includes Medicare billing advice, here and here.

CDC H1N1 map

States and Territories*	Confirmed and Probable Cases	Deaths
States
Alabama	123 cases	0 deaths
Alaska	11cases	0 deaths
Arkansas	13cases	0 deaths
Arizona	597 cases	5 deaths
California	1094 cases	6 deaths
Colorado	75 cases	0 deaths
Connecticut	637 cases	1 death
Delaware	187 cases	0 deaths
Florida	417 cases	0 deaths
Georgia	39 cases	0 deaths
Hawaii	198 cases	0 deaths
Idaho	29 cases	0 deaths
Illinois	1983 cases	5
Indiana	201 cases	0 deaths
Iowa	92 cases	0 deaths
Kansas	97	0 deaths
Kentucky	106	0 deaths
Louisiana	134 cases	0 deaths
Maine	33	0 deaths
Maryland	139	0 deaths
Massachusetts	1078	0 deaths
Michigan	419 cases	1 death
Minnesota	153	0 deaths
Mississippi	59 cases	0 deaths
Missouri	46 cases	1 death
Montana	27 cases	0 deaths
Nebraska	71 cases	0 deaths
Nevada	162 cases	0 deaths
New Hampshire	92 cases	0 deaths
New Jersey	348 cases	0 deaths
New Mexico	155 cases	0 deaths
New York	1160	13 deaths
North Carolina	61 cases	0 deaths
North Dakota	31 cases	0 deaths
Ohio	53 cases	0 deaths
Oklahoma	93 cases	0 deaths
Oregon	189 cases	1 death
Pennsylvania	626 cases	2 deaths
Rhode Island	62 cases	0 deaths
South Carolina	60	0 deaths
South Dakota	14 cases	1 death
Tennessee	110 cases	0 deaths
Texas	2049 cases	3 deaths
Utah	688 cases	2 deaths
Vermont	32 cases	0 deaths
Virginia	90 cases	1 death
Washington	584 cases	2 deaths
Washington, D.C.	33 cases	0 deaths
West Virginia	40 cases	0 deaths
Wisconsin	3008 cases	1 death
Wyoming	50 cases	0 deaths
Territories
Puerto Rico	7 case	0 deaths
*TOTAL(52)**	17,855 cases	45 deaths
includes the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico This table will be updated each Friday at 11 AM ET. International Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection See: World Health Organization. NOTE:* Because of daily reporting deadlines, the state totals reported by CDC may not always be consistent with those reported by state health departments. If there is a discrepancy between these two counts, data from the state health departments should be used as the most accurate number. For more information about how these case counts are updated, see Questions & Answers About CDC's Online Reporting

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