Number of swine flu cases grows

ATLANTA According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest update on confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza infections, there are now 403 confirmed cases across 38 states. The number has grown from 286 confirmed cases across 36 states reported Monday, though CDC officials reported that the influenza outbreak appears to be toward the end of its course during morning news programs earlier today.

There continues to be only one reported death attributed to the H1N1 virus in Texas.

The confirmed cases include, by state:

Alabama   4  Arizona   17  California   49  Colorado   6  Connecticut   2  Delaware   20  Florida   5  Georgia   1  Idaho    1  Illinois    82  Indiana   3  Iowa    1  Kansas   2  Kentucky   1  Louisiana   7  Maine    1  Maryland   4  Massachusetts  6  Michigan   2  Minnesota   1  Missouri   1  Nebraska   1  Nevada   1  New Hampshire  1  New Jersey   6  New Mexico   1  New York   90  North Carolina  1  Ohio    3  Oregon   15  Pennsylvania   1  Rhode Island   1  South Carolina  16 Tennessee   2Texas    41Utah    1  Virginia   3 Wisconsin   3

CDC expects that more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths from this outbreak will occur over the coming days and weeks, the agency continued to state.