First Swine Flu Death In Florida Is A 9 Year Old Boy

State health officials say the 9-year-old who suffered from asthma was brought to the hospital on June 8 within 24 hours of showing flu-like symptoms. He died the next day.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: June 16, 2009

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MIAMI (AP) - Florida health officials say the state's first
swine flu fatality was a 9-year-old Miami-Dade County boy who
suffered from asthma.
The chief physician for the county's health department said
Tuesday the boy was brought to a Kendall hospital on June 8 within
24 hours of showing flu-like symptoms. The boy died at the hospital
the next day.
The doctor says it took health officials a week to test tissue
samples and confirm he had the swine flu virus.
The boy died about four days after he was last in school.
Neither his name nor the name of his school were released.
State health officials say Florida currently has 417 confirmed
cases of the swine flu virus, including 143 in Miami-Dade County.

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