Testing continues as flu threat falls
State lab confirms 54 cases in Tenn.
Two weeks into the Tennessee swine flu outbreak, the state is digging in for what could be a long, drawn-out summer flu season.
The H1N1 influenza strain did not turn out to be the lethal pandemic health officials once feared, but it is still spreading quickly through Tennessee.
The Tennessee Public Health Laboratory confirmed 54 cases of the H1N1 influenza strain in Tennessee — including 25 cases in Davidson County and 10 in Williamson County. All of the cases have been mild ones, no worse than the seasonal flu that is still making the rounds. In fact, the state lab confirmed 50 cases of regular influenza in Tennessee during the same two-week period.