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49 more swine flu cases in Mass.
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff
State health authorities reported this afternoon that 49 more Massachusetts residents have been definitively diagnosed with swine flu, bringing to 284 the number of cases identified in the past month.
One of the patients with a newly confirmed infection required hospitalization. The majority of cases -- 31 -- were from Middlesex and Suffolk counties, with three of every four patients younger than 21.
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tis swine flu case is really nerveracking because in the bible it speaks about a virus that will hit us in the years of 2000 and its starting to happen. Im nevous about the future and i hope that they find a cure soon.