Swine flu

Number of suspected Jeffco flu cases is increasing rapidly, but the overall rate of infection is low, school absentee count suggests. Health agency map of the data indicates Lakewood students are among the hardest-hit.

Serious cases more numerous in Denver, Arapahoe counties, but state health agency expects increase as flu season advances. Swine flu victims top the list, but Type A Influenza also recorded in Colorado.

 SUBMITTED BY Nancy Braden, PIO/Health Communications coordinator Jefferson County Public Health
The novel influenza A (H1N1) virus took center stage in April of this year and within weeks had infected people in the United States and across the globe. Public Health officials around the world sounded the alarm, our media, government, and community partners responded accordingly [...]

Colorado’s number of laboratory-confirmed cases rises to 25, only one of whom remains in the hospital. Arvada charter school reopens.

Charter school where two of the victims are enrolled plans to reopen Thursday. Colorado Department of Health no longer is linking confirmed cases to out-of-state exposure.

Latest flu case is sibling of county’s first confirmed victim, health officials say as they announce four more positive test results, bringing Colorado’s total to 10.

State health authorities expect the number of confirmed cases of the relatively mild flu to continue rising as test results are received.

The county has no confirmed cases of the now-pandemic disease. Health officials urge people who have flu-like symptoms to go home and call their doctor.

State Health Department announces county’s first two confirmed cases. Jeffco School District closes Excel Acamedy in Arvada for a week after one of its students tested positive for the disease.