COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Officials confirmed a seventh local case of H1N1 influenza in an adult male -- an OSU student.
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The Ohio State University distributed an e-mail to students Thursday regarding the patient's probable status of having the H1N1 virus. Columbus Public Health officials confirmed the case Friday afternoon.
According to both city and OSU officials, the off-campus student was voluntarily isolated and receiving treatment.
Local public health officials investigated all contacts and determined that the student had no connection to the other OSU-related cases.
Ohio has a total of 15 confirmed cases, and seven of them are in Franklin County.
Of the seven local cases, six confirmed patients have ties to The Ohio State University.
The university is four weeks from commencement and has no plans to close any residence halls.
Here’s a county-by-county breakdown of confirmed cases:
Butler County: one case in a 30-year-old male.
Cuyahoga County: two cases in a 41-year-old female and 9-year-old male.
Franklin County: six cases in a 31-year-old male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old female, a 19-year-old female, a 21-year-old male, and in the new case, an adult male.
Hamilton County: one case in a 21-year-old male.
Fulton County: one case in a 10-year-old female.
Holmes County: one case in a 47-year-old female.
Lorain County: one case in a 9-year-old male.
Portage County: one case in a 39-year-old female.
Ohio had 17 suspected cases of H1N1 Friday.
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