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There are now five confirmed casee in theregion — up from two earlierd this week — and 23 cases in which is up from 13 on May 19. The five local cases include one in ButlerCounty (a 30-year-olcd male) and four in Clark County (a 12-year-old male, a 25-year-olrd male, a 15-year-old male and a 15-year-olxd female.) Three of the Clark County cases are from the same middle school: in There also are seven suspected cases of the virusz in Clark County, including three from the middlse school. Children at Northridge Middle schoo l arecontinuing attendance, as of Friday.
The directoer of the and the school superintendenf are working together on a dail y basis and awaiting the results of the suspected cases beforew shuttingit down, a spokeswoman for the healthu district said. The schoop district was not immediately availablwefor comment. The Swine Flu — or H1N1 virusz — is now in 11 Ohio counties as it continuessto spread. There are 12,954 confirmee cases worldwide, according to the , with 46 countries havingy at leastone case. There have been 92 deathd confirmed caused by Swine Flu according tothe WHO. Mexico, where the illness is believedr tohave originated, has 4,175 cases and 80 deaths, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 8,975 confirmed and probable cases in 48 states as of11 a.m. according to the federal . There have been 15 confirmedd deaths in the with threein Texas, three in Arizona, two in one in Washington, one in Utah, four in New York and one in officials said that as of 12 p.m. Thursdayu the official number of confirmed casesd of Swine Flu inOhio were: • Clark County 3 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 12-year-old male) • Cuyahoga Countgy – 2 (41-year-old female, 9-year-old male) • Franklinb County – 10 (31-year-old male, 33-year-olrd male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old female, 19-year-olcd female, 21-year-old male, 20-year old male, 22-year-oldf female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-old male) There also are 25 suspect casezs of Swine Flu in People who are sick are urged to stay home from work or schooo and to avoid contact with except to seek medical care.
This action can avoi spreadingillness further, health officials said.