Five more swine flu cases outside New York City

April

Five more probable cases of swine flu in New York have been identified outside of New York City, according to a morning update by Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines.

That brings to eight the total being tested at federal labs to confirm they’re caused by the same virus sickening people worldwide.

Two cases on Long Island, in Suffolk and Nassau counties, have connections to the St. Francis Preparatory School in Queens, where hundreds were sickened, according to the Associated Press.

.Daines says the three other cases — in Orange, Monroe and Chautauqua counties — are connected to travel in Mexico. Probable cases in Orange, Suffolk and Cortland counties were identified Wednesday.
There was no additional information about suspected cases in Westchester and Rockland.

Federal officials previously confirmed 51 cases in New York City, most at St. Francis.
There have been no reported deaths in New York

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