Swine flu deaths in Ontario rise to 37
November 4, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario's chief medical officer of health says the number of people who have died in the province after contracting swine flu has risen to 37.
That's up from the 33 deaths reported by Dr. Arlene King on Tuesday.
King added at a briefing today that 108 people are in hospital and 65 of those 108 are in intensive care.
There's an increasing number of people showing up at emergency rooms with flu-like symptoms, and King says it shows the importance of people in the priority groups to get a swine flu shot.
Officials have said the province will run out of regular vaccine by the end of next week, and King says there's no word on when new supplies will arrive or in what quantities.
She says the 2.2 million doses received so far would not cover the 4.3 million people in the priority groups.
The 37 figure include the deaths of an infant and two seniors, all from the London area, announced Wednesday.
"The death of this two-month-old infant is the first recorded in Ontario of a child under the age of one year," the Middlesex-London Health Unit said in a release.
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