New deaths across Canada take Swine Flu fatalities to 357

Canada's death toll from Swine Flu keeps escalating despite official assurances that the disease reached a crest three weeks ago. Ontario is reporting nine dead while across Canada another 19 have died. National toll now 357

OTTAWA - Canada's death toll from Swine Flu continues to leap with 28 more deaths taking national fatalities to 357. Three more have died in B.C. in two days. B.C.'s death toll now stands at 45. B.C.'s health ministry had reported 42 people had died by noon on Tuesday. Federal figures released at 4 p.m. on Thursday did not specify where in B.C. the additional deaths occurred. A report released by the Public Health Agency of Canada says that between Nov. 26 and 11 a.m. EST on Thursday, 6 more died in Alberta, 9 more in Ontario, 8 in Quebec, and one each in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. A vast majority of Canada's deaths have occurred in the second wave of the Swine Flu virus, mostly since mid-October. 104 have died in Ontario with 70 per cent of them dying in the second wave, Quebec's toll reached 97, Alberta had 57 deaths, B.C. 45, Newfoundland and Labrador report 15, there were 12 deaths in Saskatchewan, 9 in Manitoba, 7 each in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 2 in Yukon and 1 each in NWT and Nunavut. A report release by Ontario last week said some seriously ill patients have spent more than 90 days in hospital and some affected by the first wave are still in ICU. Ontario also reported 101 babies under one year of age had been admitted with one death. In Ontario, a vast majority of the over 1,700 admitted to hospital have been younger people under 14. However, deaths have have been progressively higher with age.