From New Zealand's Ministry of Health, Influenza update 208 :
" Influenza H1N1 activity in the community, including influenza related calls to Healthline, continues to fall.
As at midday Thursday, there have been 690 hospitalisations of laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1, including four people with confirmed H1N1 currently in intensive care. So far this year, a total of 103 people with confirmed H1N1 have been admitted to intensive care. These figures do not include influenza-like illness among people admitted to hospital without a positive H1N1 laboratory test result. In the year to date, the deaths of 18 people have been linked to swine flu and 14 of these have been confirmed as being due to swine flu.
It's still important to seek medical advice early, particularly for people with underlying medical conditions or who are severely overweight or pregnant as they are at greater risk of a more severe illness."
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