FAIRFIELD — Nine more people have swine flu in Solano County, officials reported.
No one has died from the disease but one person, an unidentified child, was hospitalized in intensive care for several days with the H1N1 virus.
"The new cases this week reflect current H1N1 activity in our communities, and do not reflect a delay in receiving test results that was experienced in April and May due to intense demands placed on health department, state and CDC laboratories," said Ronald W. Chapman, Solano public health officer, in a press release.
"While most of the cases have been relatively mild, one child was hospitalized in an intensive care unit for a period of time," he added. " The child's condition has since improved and while still hospitalized, the child is no longer in ICU."
The cases appeared throughout Solano County -- three each in Fairfield and Vacaville, two in Vallejo and one at Travis Air Force Base. The county previously reported a swine flu case in Benicia. The new cases affected people ranging in age from 6 to 32, with an average age of 19.
"There is no evidence so far that this virus has mutated yet, and there is no evidence that the H1N1 flu is more severe than when first identified in April," Chapman said. "However, it is important to understand that people are getting sick, some severely, and sadly eight people have died in California from H1N1."
As of June 18 in California, 1,317 people had swine flu. As of June 19, the Centers for Disease Control reported 21,449 confirmed and probable infections nationwide, with 87 deaths. As of the same date, the World Health Organization reported 44,287 cases in 95 countries and territories, with 180 deaths.
For more information: the California Department of Public Health has a bilingual hotline at 888-865-0564 which is available from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. Or visit www.solanocounty.com/publichealth, www.cdc.gov or www.who.int.
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I heard from someone on the base they have now 133 confirmed cases on Travis (friday count)
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