Updated 05/25/2009 02:38 PM
DOH Confirms City's Second H1N1-Related Death
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The city's Department of Health confirmed Sunday that a Queens woman in her 50s with underlying health conditions died over the weekend as a result of complications brought on by the H1N1 virus.
The name of the patient has not been released.
The first victim in the city was assistant public school principal Mitchell Wiener. He died last week.
The city health department says 94 people have been hospitalized with confirmed cases of H1N1 since the outbreak began.
The total number of confirmed H1N1 cases in the city now stands at 280. However, the DOH stresses most of the cases remain mild.
Meanwhile, the city's request to waive the days kids are out of school because of H1N1 concerns is reportedly in the hands of the State Senate education committee.
The waiver would save the city from having to make up those days.
Public schools are required to hold classes for 180 days a year to get funding.
According to published reports, the Assembly has yet to consider such a bill.
The United Federation of Teachers has set up 11 hotlines in the five boroughs to gather information on school flu outbreaks and school closings.
The Department of Education is now posting daily attendance rates for every public school in New York City.
The Department of Education says there are no plans to extend the school year beyond June 26th, and a planned day off on June 4th is still being kept.
Four schools re-opened Friday and 25 others are set to reopen Tuesday, after being closed over flu concerns.
However, city officials announced Friday evening that it was closing eight more schools for cleaning following a bout of flu-like illnesses.
The most recent closures effect three schools in Brooklyn, three in Manhattan, and two in Queens.
They are P.S. 58 and P9Q in Maspeth, Queens, where seven students were documented with influenza-like illness during the last two school days; P.S. 160 Borough Park, Brooklyn, where 17 students were stricken during the last three school days; P.S./I.S. 384 and P53 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where 16 students got sick during the last four school days; and P.S. 138, P.S. 30 and M317 in East Harlem, where 14 students were documented with influenza-like illness on Friday.
I.S. 238 in Hollis, meanwhile, was scheduled to reopen to teachers and staff on Friday, with students expected to return on Tuesday. It is the only school in the city with confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus.