1st H1N1 death in Northern Kentucky
By
Ann Thompson 11/3/2009 3:44:29 PM
The Northern Kentucky Health Department is reporting a death associated with the H1N1 virus. WVXU's Ann Thompson reports.
A woman in her mid-fifties from Kenton County has died from medical complications co-existent with the swine flu. The Health Department says this is the first person to die in the Northern Kentucky region associated with H1N1. At least 180 cases of Swine Flu have been confirmed in Northern Kentucky, but the Department says only people sick enough for hosptiization or at high risk of complications are tested. Fifeen people have died statewide in Kentucky. In Ohio twenty deaths have been reported, including one in Hamilton County, one in Warren, and two in Butler County.
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