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A further 18 people in England have been diagnosed with swine flu, the Health Protection Agency has said.A further 18 people in England have been diagnosed with swine flu, the Health Protection Agency has said.
The new cases of the H1N1 virus bring the total number in the UK as a whole to 381.The new cases of the H1N1 virus bring the total number in the UK as a whole to 381.
On Tuesday it emerged a man from Paisley, Renfrewshire, had become the first person in the UK to become critically ill wholly because of H1N1. The HPA said there were currently another 297 possible cases of swine flu under investigation.
The HPA said there were currently another 297 possible cases of swine flu under investigation in the UK. On Tuesday, it emerged a man aged 45 from Paisley, Renfrewshire, had become the first person in the UK to become critically ill wholly because of H1N1.
The man is one of two people with swine flu being treated in intensive care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
The other is a 38-year-old woman with underlying health problems.
The Scottish Executive said on Tuesday that both were in a "critical but stable" condition.
On Wednesday the HPA revealed the locations of the 18 new cases along with those of a further 17, also in England, confirmed previously.
Of the total 35, there were 18 cases in the West Midlands, eight in the South East, four in the East, three in the South West, one in London and one in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.