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State has 63 cases of swine flu

By Staff | May 14, 2009

Florida has 63 confirmed cases of swine flu, with Lee County holding at seven.

Those cases are in the following counties: one in Osceola, Alachua, Indian River, Marion, Clay, Collier, Lake, Manatee, Flagler, Seminole, Okeechobee, and Duval, two in Brevard and Palm Beach, 3 in Pinellas, Sarasota, and Orange, 7 in Lee, 8 in Hillsborough, 11 in Dade , and 12 in Broward.

New confirmed cases:

Sarasota: a 6 year-old female

Palm Beach: an 18 year-old male and a 75 year-old male

Broward: a 60 year-old male

Orange: a 21 year-old male

There are two probables in Okaloosa County.

CDC no longer recommends that communities with a laboratory confirmed case of influenza A H1N1 consider adopting school dismissal or childcare closure measures.

The public health emergency declared by the State Surgeon General remains in effect.

A toll free information line has been established for Swine Flu information. The number is 1-800- 775 8039.

Source: Department of Health