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10-26-2009, 04:40 PM
The Public Health Ministry has confirmed 25 new cases of the AH1N1 influenza over the last three weeks, but says that the number of deaths remains at 22. The ministry issued Bulletin 25 from the Epidemiology Department, saying that there have been 2,693 cases of suspected AH1N1, and of these, 452 have been confirmed and 203 patients have been hospitalized. The health officials said that people under 29 years of age are the most likely victims, with 79% of the cases. Of the fatalities, 82% are women and more than half of them were pregnant, an important risk factor. The provinces with the highest number of cases are the National District with 143 cases, the province of Santo Domingo with 102, Santiago, 61 and Puerto Plata, 27. Likewise, in La Altagracia there have been 21 cases, Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) 14, San Cristobal 13, Espaillat (Moca) 9, Valverde (Mao) 7, Peravia (Bani) 6, La Vega 5, Monte Cristi 5, and San Pedro de Macoris 4. The flu has affected 30 of the nation's 32 provinces. According to a World Health Organization report, 160,020 cases of the AH1N1 influenza have been confirmed in the 35 countries of Latin America, and 3,539 deaths have been attributed to the illness.
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