By SHARMINA MANANDHAR and MEGAN E. GUSTAFSON, Capital News Service
By SHARMINA MANANDHAR and MEGAN E. GUSTAFSON, Capital News Service
Published
11/22/09
WASHINGTON - Eleven more H1N1-related deaths have been reported in Maryland, bringing the state's total to 30, according to the Maryland Public Health Services, but there is evidence the illness is in decline here.
"It looks like a big jump," but the majority of the deaths occurred earlier, "a month ago," and were under investigation, said Deputy Secretary Frances Phillips.
Despite the increased number of deaths and "widespread" flu activity in Maryland, several indicators show that the flu is in "steady decline," Phillips said.
She described the flu activity in Maryland as a...
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