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BATON ROUGE–The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals will no longer be sending out daily announcements on new confirmed or probable swine flu cases. However, the Department will continue to update the confirmed case counts on its Web site, http://www.flula.com, daily.
BATON ROUGE— Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals officials announced today that 11 more of the state’s probable cases of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) have been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
BATON ROUGE— Two of the state’s suspected cases of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) in Lafayette Parish have been confirmed today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported officials from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
BATON ROUGE—In accordance with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has changed its guidance for health care providers and the public on who should see a doctor, get tested and receive treatment for H1N1 influenza (swine flu).
BATON ROUGE— DHH officials are now investigating seven new suspected cases of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, including five cases in Lafayette Parish, one case in Ascension Parish, and one in St. Landry Parish. This brings the total number of suspected cases currently under investigation in Louisiana to 34. None of the 34 cases are in the hospital.
BATON ROUGE— State officials are now investigating six new suspected cases of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, including three cases in Lafourche Parish, one case in Lafayette Parish, one in Iberia Parish and one in St. Martin Parish. This brings the total number of suspected cases currently under investigation in Louisiana to 27. None of the 27 cases are in the hospital.
BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal announced that state officials are now investigating four new suspected cases of H1N1 flu (swine flu) in Lafayette Parish and one new case in Ascension Parish, bringing the total number of suspected cases currently under investigation in Louisiana to 21.
BATON ROUGE - State officials received official confirmation today from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that, of the nine cases originally submitted for confirmation, seven have been confirmed for the H1N1 flu (swine flu) virus. Two of the submitted tests are negative.
BATON ROUGE - Governor Jindal and state officials held a press conference today to discuss the seven cases the CDC has confirmed for the H1N1 virus in Louisiana, and the two cases that tested negative for the virus.
BATON ROUGE, La. (May 2, 2009) - Today, state officials announced that the Department of Health and Hospitals is investigating ten new suspected cases of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus in Beauregard, Lafayette and Orleans parishes, bringing the total number of suspected cases currently under investigation to 19.
BATON ROUGE, La. (May 2, 2009) - Governor Bobby Jindal announced today that DHH has identified additional cases suspected of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, bringing the total number of suspected swine flu cases in Louisiana to 23. The DHH lab now has received a total of 673 cases to test for an indication of the H1N1 virus. They have already tested 294 samples and 379 more are pending.
BATON ROUGE – Today, state officials announced that the Department of Health and Hospitals is investigating another possible case of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus in Ascension Parish, bringing the total number of possible cases in Louisiana to nine. These are only possible cases, meaning they could not be identified by the Office of Public Health laboratory in New Orleans and have been sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab in Atlanta for confirmation. There are still no confirmed cases of the virus in Louisiana, at this time.