Genesee County child dies of swine flu
A school-age child has died in Genesee County of a confirmed case of H1N1 influenza, the county's interim health director said today.
The announcement by Randolph P. Garney did not identify the child's age, residence, school district or when and where the student died.
"The Genesee County Health Department is announcing the death of a school-age child with confirmed H1N1 influenza," Garney said in a news release. "To protect the identity of the family, the [department] is not releasing any identifying information about the child."
The news of the Genesee County child's death comes just two days after a 15-year-old Amherst High School student died of pneumonia.
Tests are being conducted to determine whether Chelsea Oliver, the Amherst student, had the H1N1 virus. Chelsea was admitted to Women & Children's Hospital on Oct. 25 and died on Sunday.
Two Buffalo students died of the H1N1 flu virus in June. Nationally, 292 laboratory-confirmed H1N1 deaths occurred between August and Oct. 10, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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