Health Unit Flu

Northwestern Ontario continues to be one of the busiest in termsof active cases of the swine flu virus.

The Ontario Ministry of Health says there were 15 new confirmed casesof the H1N1 virus this past week in the Northwestern Health Unitcatchment area, which includes remote first nation communities in the far north.

There are currently 49 active cases of H1N1 in this region and justfive in the Thunder Bay Health Unit.