Illinois health officials have updated the state’s swine flu numbers. A case is “confirmed” when additional laboratory testing backs up initial test results. Until then, the case is called “probable.”
Illinois health officials have updated the state’s swine flu numbers. A case is "confirmed" when additional laboratory testing backs up initial test results. Until then, the case is called "probable." The state began doing its own confirmation tests on May 3, which meant quicker turnaround on results and large increases in confirmed cases. The tally, as time goes on, will show largely the most serious cases because doctors are following the state’s recommendation to test only severely ill patients. The virus has turned out to be milder than initially feared, so many mild cases may not be counted. Boone: 4 confirmed. Chicago: 274 confirmed. Cook (suburban): 1 probable, 179 confirmed. DeKalb: 1 confirmed. DuPage: 47 confirmed. Franklin: 1 confirmed. Kane: 26 confirmed. Kankakee: 1 confirmed. Kendall: 1 confirmed. Knox: 2 confirmed. Lake: 22 confirmed. McDonough: 1 confirmed. McHenry: 3 confirmed. Ogle: 2 confirmed. Sangamon: 1 confirmed. Will: 39 confirmed. Winnebago: 1 probable, 5 confirmed. Undetermined: 9 confirmed. ___ Total: 2 probable, 618 confirmed. Source: Illinois Department of Public Health. ______ In photo: In photo: (from left) Mayor Richard Daley; Governor Pat Quinn; Ron Huberman, CEO of Chicago Public Schools; Ill. Dept. of Public Health Commissioner Damon Arnold, M.D., and Terry Mason, M.D., commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health, met on April 29 at a news conference to discuss the swine flu outbreak.
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