DELAWARE, Ohio -- A Powell child has contracted Delaware County’s fourth confirmed H1N1 flu case.
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Test results received Friday confirmed the illness in an 11-year-old boy from Powell.
The child developed a fever, sore throat and other symptoms Saturday, July 17, the day after returning home from a workshop for youths in Illinois.
Another H1N1 flu case was confirmed earlier in another person attending the same workshop.
The boy’s symptoms have subsided, said Travis Irvan, epidemiologist for the Delaware General Health District.
Irvan said the 11-year-old’s case did not appear to be connected to any other local H1N1 flu cases.
The other Delaware County cases, all confirmed during the first week of July, involved a 13-year-old Powell boy, a 37-year-old Powell man and a 39-year-old Lewis Center man.
The 13-year-old became ill while attending a summer camp in Indiana. All have recovered from their symptoms.
The Ohio Department of Health reported 198 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu across the state as of Friday, including the latest Delaware County case. There are 27 confirmed cases in Franklin County and single confirmed cases in Licking and Knox counties.
More than half of Ohio’s cases have involved persons younger than 21.
Nationally, flu activity is decreasing but remains greater than normal for this time of year.
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