Update: 58 Confirmed Cases of Swine Flu in Florida
For Immediate Release: May 13 , 2009 Contact: DOH Communications Office 850-245-4111 www.doh.state.fl.us 1-800- 775-8039 May 13, 2009 11:15 a.m. All four Department of Health laboratories have received testing supplies from the Centers for Disease Control and now can test samples to confirm H1N1 Swine Flu. This testing capability allows the Department to expedite results as we no longer need to send probable cases to CDC laboratories. Florida has 58 confirmed cases in the following counties: one in Osceola, Alachua, Indian River, Marion, Clay, Collier, Lake, Manatee, Flagler, Seminole, Okeechobee, and Duval, two in Orange , Brevard and Sarasota, 3 in Pinellas, 7 in Lee, 8 in Hillsborough, and 11 in Dade and Broward each. New confirmed case s : Broward: a 14 year-old female Dade: a 10 year-old female We have 3 probables in the following counties: Palm Beach has one probable and Okaloosa has 2. CDC no longer re...