Swine Flu Northwestern Ontario

The swine flu virus has completely disappeared yet in northwestern Ontario.

The Ministry of Health says there were three confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus this past week in the region.

Only one of the cases was reported in the Northwestern Health Unit's cachment area, the other two were in the Thunder Bay area.

The number of cases of the swine flu in this region has now reached 74, but the province says the rate of spread is definitely slowing down.