California may have already had 2 swine flu deaths

The coroner is looking into the deaths of two men that occured in the April.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County coroner's office on Tuesday was investigating the recent deaths of two men for links to swine flu. If confirmed, the cases would be the first swine flu deaths in the United States.

"What we have right now is there are a couple cases that are going to be brought in for examination for swine flu, but we have no confirmation that's what it is at this stage," coroner's Capt. John Kades told The Associated Press.

Kades released no details on the cases.

The Los Angeles Times said both deaths were reported to the coroner's office on Monday.
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[edit on 4/28/09 by FredT]

The Los Angeles County coroner says the deaths they are investigating are not related to the swine flu epidemic.

From Twitter.

1 SoCal death investigated for swine flu links; disease ruled out in second case

The virus was ruled out as a cause in the death of a 45-year-old La Mirada man, said Craig Harvey of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner. The death of a 33-year-old Long Beach man was still being investigated.

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[edit on 28-4-2009 by SphinxMontreal]

Alarmed by the growing number of swine flu cases and the possibility that a California man may have died from the disease, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency today to help deal with the outbreak.

if there is no death why he is alarmed?

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[edit on 28-4-2009 by digitalwarrior]

I bet you there have been deaths in the US that are being covered up. Seriously... High mortality rate in Mexicans only? That's silly.

[edit on 28-4-2009 by lozenge]