Reporting this week (#34) from CDC on Influenza

Here are the facts straight from the CDC.

I keep hearing all these crazy numbers about the swine flue and had to check them out myself. Here are the real numbers.
Also in the US the CDC has divided the country into 10 regions to evaluate areas where the H1N1 is detected. At the moment of the 10 regions all except one region remains at a normal level of outbreaks for this time of year except for one. Guess what folks, if you are like me in the Atlanta area, the area has reported at an Elevated level of outbreaks meaning above average for this type of year. So go ahead and be prepared.

Week #34 Reports from the Center for Disease Control say that so far 97% of influenza reports for this week were the 2009 H1N1 Virus compared to the typical flu like viruses in the past such as influenza A(H1) or A(H3) or the influenza B viruses in the past.

They are also reporting that the percentage of positive reports from 2 of the national labratories testing each positive finding have reported that it is an unusually high percentage of specimens for this time of the year. They believe it could be because of the higher number of circulation in the summer with the emergence of the new 2009 influenza H1N1. Other relating factors could be due to the changes in testing practices in health care providers, triaging of speciment by public health care labrototies, an increase in the number of speciments tested or other factors could also be the cause of the report.

As of Sept. 4, 2009 there were 9,079 deaths in the U.S. and 593 deaths that have been confirmed to be related and associated by the 2009 influenza H1N1. 16 death in (ages 0-4 years old.) , 93 deaths (ages 5-24 years old), 245 deaths in (ages 25-49), 171 deaths (ages 0-64), 57 deaths in (ages 65 and older), 7 deaths ages were not reported all of these have been reported and confirmed by the CDC to be related to the 2009 influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu.)

I will be updating you guys on this regularly.