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Health | 29 September, 2009 [ 16:30 ]

AH1N1 in Peru: 143 fatalities, 8,305 confirmed cases


LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

A new list of another ten Peruvians citizens killed by the AH1N1 virus was released today by Peru's Health Ministry, which statistics show now a total of 143 victims of the disease.

The press release confirmed the presence and expansion of the virus in Peru's provinces, since only two of the fatalities took place in Lima, while the other eight were registered in different places within the country.

All the deceased belonged to risk groups, suffering from conditions like chronic liver disease, down syndrome, hyperthyroidism, uncontrolled hypertension and morbid obesity, among others.

The total of confirmed cases rose to 8,305, while 201 patients are suffering from this influenza at present.

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