SEVENTEEN people in NHS Suffolk's area have now been confirmed to have contracted swine flu.
SEVENTEEN people in NHS Suffolk's area have now been confirmed to have contracted swine flu.
NHS Suffolk confirmed the figures today, a rise from the 11 cases it had recorded at the end of last week.
The news comes as it emerged that a nine-year-old has become the third person in the UK to die of swine flu.
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