Daily Case Status

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Daily Novel and Pandemic Influenza A Virus

State Case Status Summary Update

State: ______________________________________ Report for __/__/____ *

Non-ill contacts under observation**

Previous total	New	Reclassified due to illness	Released after 7 days of observation and no illness	Current total under observation

Suspect cases*** currently under investigation

	Previous total	New Suspects	Current total under investigation
Outpatient
Hospitalized
Dead
Unknown
TOTAL

Probable cases***

	Cumulative number
Dead
Recovered
TOTAL

Confirmed cases***

	Previous total A(H5) positive cases		New A(H5) positive cases		Cumulative total
	All positives	Positive pending CDC confirmation	All positives	Positive pending CDC confirmation	All positives	Positive pending CDC confirmation
Outpatient – ill
Hospitalized
Dead
Recovered
TOTAL

* The reporting period is a calendar day (midnight to midnight). Reports should be faxed to CDC each day by noon Eastern time. The fax number is 1-888-232-1322.

**Contact is defined as a family/household member, a person from the same facility (day care, LTCF), or a person in close contact (within 1 meter for >1 hour) of a suspect, probable, or confirmed case. Also, included as a contact would be a passenger traveling in the same compartment as a suspect, probable, or confirmed case (i.e., airplane, bus, or train compartment) ; any passenger, regardless of distance from case.

***Case definitions:

Suspect - A clinically compatible illness for whom H5N1 laboratory confirmation is pending and whose exposure is under investigation. Examples of persons whose exposures are under investigation are:

. A clinically compatible case with an epidemiologic link to a confirmed case

. A clinically compatible case testing positive for influenza A

. A clinically compatible case with travel to area with confirmed cases

. Severe atypical pneumonia in a previously healthy person < 65 years of age

. A person who is suspected of having pandemic influenza

Probable - A clinically compatible illness with an epidemiologic link to a confirmed H5N1 case and for whom no specimen suitable for testing was obtained.

Confirmed - A clinically compatible illness with H5N1 laboratory confirmation at CDC or at approved state health department laboratory.