Swine Flu in USA United States of America

In the United States, the CDC said cases had been confirmed in 19 states.

“This is a rapidly evolving situation, a situation with uncertainty,” acting CDC Director Richard Besser said at a news conference Thursday.

New York has the most confirmed cases, with 50, followed by Texas, with 28. California has 13 cases.

The state health departments in Delaware, Colorado, Georgia, Nebraska and Virginia on Thursday said they had confirmed cases: four in Delaware, one in Georgia and two each in Colorado, Nebraska and Virginia. California state officials said they had two new confirmed cases Thursday and Florida’s health department said it sent three samples it can’t identify to the CDC. Their counts have not been added to the national total.

There still is just one confirmed death from the virus in the United States. A toddler from Mexico died at a Houston, Texas, hospital Monday.

As the virus spread to more people, officials took precautions.

Nearly 300 schools with confirmed or possible H1N1 cases were closed Thursday, affecting about 169,000 students, the U.S. Department of Education reported. No colleges or universities were known to be closed, the agency said.

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