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2 New H1N1 Deaths In Mass., Including Child

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Nov 20, 2009 11:17 pm US/Eastern

2 New H1N1 Deaths In Mass., Including Child

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BOSTON (WBZ) ― The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed that two more Massachusetts residents died in the last week of H1N1 flu. One of those who died was a young child.

DPH declined to release the child's exact age, saying only that the child was under the age of four and was from Middlesex County. This is the youngest person to die from H1N1 since the illness first arrived in Massachusetts last spring. It is unclear if that child had other pre-existing health conditions.

The second victim was a 45-year-old man from Suffolk County, who had underlying health conditions.

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Five people have died from H1N1 flu since the current flu season began in October. There have been 17 deaths since April when the swine flu first arrived.

H1N1 flu is currently widespread across the state, according to the latest surveillance report released by DPH. Nearly all of the flu-like illness that doctors are seeing is H1N1, as seasonal flu has not arrived in Massachusetts at this time.

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