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Child's death confirmed

as due to swine flu

From Press staff reports

The Ocean County Health Department confirmed Wednesday the death of a Jackson Township child from the strain of H1N1 virus known as swine flu, the county's first such death.

The child, who had other, underlying conditions, was admitted to the hospital June 25 and died June 27, the health department said. The State Public Health Laboratory confirmed the virus Tuesday.

So far there have been 33 laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus in Ocean County, infecting 10 adults, seven adolescents and 16 patients under 13.

Those cases have come from 14 towns: Barnegat, Beachwood, Brick, Eagleswood, Jackson, Lakehurst, Lakewood, Little Egg Harbor, Manchester, Ocean, Plumsted, Stafford and Toms River townships and Tuckerton.

According to the county, all other people who were infected are recovering or have recovered.

Brigantine

Child resuscitated

after pool mishap

BRIGANTINE - A child nearly drowned Wednesday evening in the pool at a beachfront timeshare resort, but a quick response by firefighters and a police officer averted a tragedy, a fire official said.

The child, whose name, gender and age were not released, was found in the pool at the Celebrity Resorts timeshare on Ocean Avenue at about 5:45 p.m., and a witness had pulled the victim out of the water by time help arrived, fire Lt. Joseph Maguire said.

Police Officer Thomas Carberry was the first on the scene and began to clear the victim's airway, Maguire said. Firefighters arrived and found the victim to be unconscious and unresponsive.

Firefighter Emergency Medical Technicians Gregg Goff and Robert Sooy arrived a minute later and began resuscitation efforts with a bag valve mask device, Maguire said.

The victim was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus in Atlantic City, and was still alive when turned over to hospital personnel, Maguire said. Further information on the child's condition was not available.

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