A seventh Nova Scotian has died from H1N1 as the virus continues to recede across the province.
Health officials learned yesterday morning a woman in her 40s in the capital district passed away due to H1N1. She had underlying health conditions.
The death comes despite the number of new H1N1 cases decreasing for the third week in a row.
“It’s very typical to see this week to two-week lag between disease activity and when you see the peak of deaths,” said the province's chief medical officer Dr. Robert Strang.
“Our peak activity was two, three weeks ago. Last week we had some deaths and this week another one. It’s not any indication at all that somehow the disease is becoming more severe.”
There were 739 new lab-confirmed H1N1 cases last week with eight hospitalizations. Strang said enough vaccine has been sent out for 38.6 per cent of the population.
