Wednesday July 01, 2009, 12:52 PM
Syracuse, NY - Swine flu activity in Onondaga County continues to taper off.
The county Health Department today reported one new case of H1N1, or swine flu, and four new probable cases in the seven-day period ended Tuesday. It also reported one person was hospitalized because of H1N1 during the same period.
Since June 10, only samples from people hospitalized with symptoms have been sent to the state lab in Albany for confirmatory testing. Other cases involving non-hospitalized patients where local testing has indicated H1N1 are labeled as probable.
The new cases bring the county's total to 88 confirmed cases, 52 probable cases and 26 hospitalizations because of H1N1.
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