The figure is about three times higher than earlier estimates but only because the CDC is getting a better fix on the size of the H1N1 pandemic. The death toll includes about 540 children.
By Thomas H. Maugh II
At least 22 million Americans have contracted pandemic H1N1 influenza since the outbreak began in April and 3,900 have died, including about 540 children, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That is about three times the number of deaths that the agency has been reporting, but the previous figures were based on laboratory-confirmed cases, while the new number reflects agency epidemiologists’ best estimate of the total. Read More…
