Canada has confirmed two new cases of swine flu in the province of Alberta and four in Ontario, bringing the country’s total to at least 12.
Dr. Andre Corriveau, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced the cases today in a statement from the provincial capital of Edmonton. Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, has four confirmed cases, according to David Williams, the acting chief medical officer.
Ontario’s cases were “mild,” and the patients didn’t require hospitalization, Williams said. He said 20 more cases are being investigated.
Canada’s public health chief said yesterday that the other six Canadians with confirmed cases of swine flu have “recovered completely from their mild symptoms.” The first six cases were in Nova Scotia and British Columbia.
To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Quinn in Ottawa at gquinn1@bloomberg.net; Reg Curren in Calgary at rcurren@bloomberg.net.
By Greg Quinn and Reg Curren
