The total number of H1N1 Influenza (human swine flu) cases in the Northern Territory is 177, with 17 cases being confirmed in the past 24 hours. The main areas where cases have been identified are Alice Springs (9) and Darwin (3).
17 people are currently hospitalised for conditions that include H1N1. 15 of these are in Alice Springs Hospital, 1 is in Tennant Creek Hospital, and 1 is in Royal Darwin Hospital.
Changes to updating
H1N1 Influenza (human swine flu) reports will be distributed each weekday at 5.30 pm and the numbers posted to the table on the DHF web site at www.health.nt.gov.au/H1N1_Influenza.
These numbers will also be updated on the web site weekends and public holidays.
Each weekday between 10.00 am and 10.20 am Dr Vicki Krause, Director, Centre for Disease Control (CDC), or another CDC representative, will be available to brief media on the H1N1 situation.
At 10.00 am on Tuesday 30 June, Dr Krause will conduct a briefing from the CDC in Alice Springs, which is on the Alice Springs Hospital campus.
Subsequent briefings will take place outside the CDC in Darwin, which is located on the west side of Royal Darwin Hospital campus.
Release date: 29 June 2009, 5.45 pm
