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United States has 1,639 cases of new flu, CDC says

Published: 08 May 2009 07:27:24 PST

CHICAGO, May 8 - The United States has 1,639 cases of the new H1N1 flu in 43 states, with two deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on on Friday.

U.S. officials have said they expect the swine influenza virus to spread to all 50 states and to cause many infections ranging from mild to severe. The case count on Thursday was 896 but there has been a backlog of likely cases that need extra testing to confirm.


Source: Reuters

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