Swine Flu takes 25 more Canadian lives in one week

Week 48 shows declining Swine Flu activity.

OTTAWA – A total of 25 Canadians have died from Swine Flu in a seven day period from Dec. 10.

Seven of those deaths occurred between Dec. 15 to Dec. 17 while 18 were reported between Dec. 10 and Dec. 15.

Ontario has chalked up the highest fatalities – 15 – in seven days even though all indicators show the rate of infection in Canada is declining.

Ontario’s death toll from Swine Flu went up to 118, Quebec registered another death to take its total to 104 and there was one more death in Saskatchewan, according to the latest report by PHAC released on Thursday.

So far, 397 Canadian deaths are officially blamed on the pH1N1 pandemic virus. 51 fatalities are reported in B.C. and 64 in Alberta.

The government’s latest FluWatch bulletin covering the period Nov. 29 to Dec. 5 indicates a total of 8,102 Canadians have been hospitalized since the outbreak in April, however, a vast majority of the cases occurred between October and Nov. 14 when the second wave of Swine Flu crested.

1,332 people, or 16.4 per cent of hospitalizations, required ICU treatment. 593 required (7.3 per cent) life support.

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