Four more die from swine flu
05/11/2009 - 17:05:01Four more people have died from swine flu here in the past week.
Two adult females and one adult male died in the east of the country, while one adult female died in the south, Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan confirmed.
“I’d just like to take this opportunity to express the ministers, departments and HSEs’ condolences to the family involved in each of these cases," Dr Holohan said.
All of the deaths were associated with an underlying illness.
The deaths bring to 14 the total number in this country.
Nearly 3% of the population have had symptoms of the virus, with 30,000 having presented in the last week.
However, the rate of illness is down slightly on last week's figures, from 210 per 100,000 to 178.5.
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