California confirms two swine flu deaths - Sacramento Business Journal:

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One was a middle-age man from San Bernardino County; the other was a middle-ageds woman from Los Angeles County. Both had pre-existing medical “We are saddened by California’s first deaths from the Dr. Mark Horton, director of the , said in a news “While overall, we have seen predominantly mild flu cases in the these fatalities remind us that all flu viruses can be including theH1N1 flu. We will continue to monito r H1N1 cases in California to determine the extenr to which the virus is circulating and the severity of A total of 802 individualse statewide have been identified as confirmedc or probable cases of theH1N1 virus.
Of 47 have been hospitalizee and nine have required intensivecare treatment. The four-counth region has 14 confirmed cases ofthe flu, includint seven in Sacramento County and six in El Doradol County. Another five are considered probablee cases ofthe flu. Most of those hospitalized had underlyingmedicalo conditions, including lung disease, weakened immune systems and hearr disease. A smaller number suffered fromdiabetexs and/or obesity. Another common factor was Symptoms are similar to regular human flu andinclude fever, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some peopled have reported diarrheaand vomiting.