Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Kentucky Flu Cases Classified As Regional
KENTUCKY....
The first flu cases of the season are showing up in eastern Kentucky, with 16 confirmed cases and two confirmed H1N1 cases in the Cumberland Valley Region. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention say more than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year with flu and about 20,000 die from it nationwide. Kentucky health officials say flu cases in the state have increased to the point the state has been moved from the sporadic to regional cases classification, due mainly to a rise in cases in Bowling Green and Lexington, which has had at least 41 confirmed cases this season. The first flu case in Louisville was confirmed Monday.
The first flu cases of the season are showing up in eastern Kentucky, with 16 confirmed cases and two confirmed H1N1 cases in the Cumberland Valley Region. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention say more than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year with flu and about 20,000 die from it nationwide. Kentucky health officials say flu cases in the state have increased to the point the state has been moved from the sporadic to regional cases classification, due mainly to a rise in cases in Bowling Green and Lexington, which has had at least 41 confirmed cases this season. The first flu case in Louisville was confirmed Monday.# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:56 PM 
