Minas Gerais records 8th death from swine flu.
A 16-year-old girl, a resident of Cachoeira de Minas in the south of the state, was hospitalized in Pouso Alegre and her death was confirmed to be due to the H1N1 virus. According to a report from the State Health Department, 28 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the state this year alone.
Mines 247 – A 16-year-old girl, a resident of the small town of Cachoeira de Minas, with 11 inhabitants in the far south of Minas Gerais, was the eighth fatal victim of swine flu in the state. In 2012, 28 cases of the disease have already been registered, and another 408 are being investigated in all regions of Minas Gerais. The number of deaths in 2012 is already double the number registered in all of last year.
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Minas Gerais has recorded its eighth death from H1N1 this year. The victim is a 16-year-old girl from Cachoeira de Minas, who was hospitalized at the Samuel Libânio Hospital in Pouso Alegre, in southern Minas Gerais, and died this Thursday. The death was confirmed by the State Health Department (SES). On the 23rd, a 15-year-old girl from the city of São Gonçalo de Sapucaí also died in the same hospital. She had been hospitalized since June 2nd.
According to a report from the Secretariat, 28 cases of swine flu were confirmed in Minas Gerais in 2012. Another 408 are under investigation. The other confirmed deaths occurred in various regions of the state. One person died in Uberlândia, in the Triângulo Mineiro region; another in Minas Novas, in the Vale do Mucuri region; a couple in Pedrinópolis and a woman in Coromandel, both cities in the Alto Paranaíba region. Another person died in Passos, in southern Minas Gerais. Most of the deaths were recorded in people aged between 40 and 59 years. In 2011, four deaths were recorded in the state, and the record occurred during the epidemic period of the disease in 2009, when 217 people died.
Swine flu is a viral infection that primarily affects the upper respiratory tract and occasionally the lower respiratory tract. Three types of influenza viruses are known: AB and C. These viruses are highly transmissible and can mutate. Type A is the most mutable. Flu medication is available in public health services within the Unified Health System (SUS). Almost all patients who died in Minas Gerais presented with fever, cough, and dyspnea (shortness of breath).