Ohio Swine Flu cases continue ascent

There are now 93 cases of the H1N1 flu virus throughout Ohio — up from 63 a week ago.

Twenty-five Ohio counties have reported residents diagnosed with the flu virus — known as swine flu — including three counties in the Dayton area.

Montgomery County has three cases, Clark County has six cases and Butler County has two.

In Ohio, Cuyahoga County has the most diagnosed cases with 24.

There are also 43 suspected cases throughout the state and three probable cases.

The virus was declared a global pandemic two weeks ago by the World Health Organization. The last pandemic, in 1968, originated in China and killed 1 million people.

There are now about 60,000 cases of H1N1 globally, with the U.S. having the most with 21,449 cases and 87 deaths. Every state, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have had diagnosed cases, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mexico, where the strain originated, has 8,279 cases but the most deaths with 116.

In the United States, the most deaths have occurred in New York with 35, followed by California with 16 and Texas and Utah with 10.

Ohio cases include:

• Allen County – 1 (20-year-old male)

• Butler County – 2 (30-year-old male, 13-year-old female)

• Clark County – 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-old male, 14-year-old male)

• Cuyahoga County – 24 (41-year-old female, 9-year-old male, 14-year-old female, 13-year-old male, 13-year-old male, 14-year-old male, 26-year-old female, 20-year-old female, 16-year-old female, 12-year-old male, 8-year-old female,13-year-old female, 14-year-old male, 14-year-old male, 14-year-old male, 14-year-old male, 14-year-old male, 16-year-old male, 9-year-old female, 11-year-old male, 56-year-old male, 2-year-old male, 11-year-old male, 22-year-old male)

• Erie County – 1 (21-year-old female)

• Fairfield County – 2 (27-year-old female, 3-year-old male)

• Franklin County – 19 (31-year-old male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old female, 19-year-old female, 21-year-old male, 20-year old male, 22-year-old female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-old male, 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-year old male, 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male, 31-year-old male, 29-year-old male, 15-year-old female)

• Fulton County – 2 (10-year-old female, 11-year-old male)

• Hamilton County – 3 (21-year-old male, 57-year-old male, 55-year-old female)

• Hancock County – 1 (16-year-old female)

• Highland County – 1 (17-year-old female)