Friday, July 24, 2009

Swine Flu numbers still rising

What’s going on with the Swine Flu pandemic in the U.S.? Not much, if you listen to the news. But the CDC numbers tell a different story.

Last week’s survey question was, “What state has the highest number of confirmed and probable cases of Swine Flu?”

Because new figures are published by the CDC on Friday, the survey will close early and with these guesses from 20 readers:
Florida 2 (10%)
Illinois 9 (45%)
Texas 8 (40%)
Wisconsin 1 (5%)

The highest numbers of confirmed and probable cases of Swine Flu are
6,222 Wisconsin
5,151 Texas
3,404 Illinois
2,915 Florida

One of the readers guessed correctly that Wisconsin has the highest number of confirmed and probable cases.

The total number of cases increased 7.8% last week, which is the lowest percentage-increase in many weeks.

No comments: