What You Need to Know About the Flu
 
 
 
   
   
 
  • A new headline-grabbing report from the White House claims that swine flu could plausibly infect up to 50% of Americans, causing flu symptoms among some 60 to 120 million of them, and leading to as many as 1.8 million hospitalizations and 30,000 - 90,000 deaths.
  
 
 
 
U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection
11:00 AM ET  /  Data reported to CDC by July 23, 2009, 1:00 PM ET.  /  July 24, 2009
  
States and Territories* Confirmed and Probable Cases Deaths
Alabama
477 cases
0 deaths
Alaska
272 cases
0 deaths
Arizona
947 cases
15 deaths
Arkansas
131 cases
0 deaths
California
3161 cases
52 deaths
Colorado
171 cases
0 deaths
Connecticut
1713 cases
8 deaths
Delaware
381 cases
0 deaths
Florida
2915 cases
23 deaths
Georgia
222 cases
1 death
Hawaii
1424 cases
3 deaths
Idaho
166 cases
0 deaths
Illinois
3404 cases
17 deaths
Indiana
291 cases
1 death
Iowa
165 cases
0 deaths
Kansas
204 cases
0 deaths
Kentucky
143 cases
0 deaths
Louisiana
232 cases
0 deaths
Maine
145 cases
0 deaths
Maryland
766 cases
4 deaths
Massachusetts
1370 cases
5 deaths
Michigan
515 cases
9 deaths
Minnesota
670 cases
3 deaths
Mississippi
252 cases
0 deaths
Missouri
76 cases
1 death
Montana
94 cases
0 deaths
Nebraska
313 cases
1 death
Nevada
467 cases
0 deaths
New Hampshire
247 cases
0 deaths
New Jersey
1414 cases
15 deaths
New Mexico
232 cases
0 deaths
New York
2738 cases
63 deaths
North Carolina
483 cases
5 deaths
North Dakota
63 cases
0 deaths
Ohio
188 cases
1 death
Oklahoma
189 cases
1 death
Oregon
524 cases
5 deaths
Pennsylvania
1960 cases
8 deaths
Rhode Island
192 cases
2 deaths
South Carolina
244 cases
0 deaths
South Dakota
45 cases
0 deaths
Tennessee
283 cases
1 death
Texas
5151 cases
27 deaths
Utah
988 cases
16 deaths
Vermont
59 cases
0 deaths
Virginia
327 cases
2 deaths
Washington
658 cases
7 deaths
Washington, D.C.
45 cases
0 deaths
West Virginia
243 cases
0 deaths
Wisconsin
6222 cases
6 deaths
Wyoming
111 cases
0 deaths
 
Territories
 
American Samoa
8 cases
0 deaths
Guam
1 case
0 deaths
Puerto Rico
20 cases
0 deaths
Virgin Islands
49 cases
0 deaths
     
TOTAL (55)*
43,771 cases
302 deaths