Swine Flu cases continue to climb in Ohio

There are now 63 cases of the H1N1 flu virus throughout Ohio — up from 47 a week ago.

Twenty counties have had residents diagnosed with the flu virus — known as swine flu — including three in the Dayton area.

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

In Ohio, Franklin County has the most diagnosed cases with 17.

There are also 53 suspected cases throughout the state.

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

There are now 35,928 cases of H1N1 globally, with the U.S. having the most with 17,855 cases and 44 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 6,241 cases but the most deaths with 108.

In the United States, the most deaths were in New York with 13, followed by California with six and Arizona and Illinois with five.

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 – 10 (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)

• Franklin County – 17 (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)

• 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)

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

• Holmes County – 1 (47-year-old female)

• Huron County – 1 (3-year-old female)

• Knox County – 1 (45-year old male)