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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, an estimated 4000 persons in the United States of America have died as a result of the H1N1 Swine Flu viruses since April 2009. According to reports, the Swine flu virus has sickened about 22 million Americans since April, and killed about 540 children.

Unfortunately for America also, the flu season has just started, and these numbers are expected to rise significantly given the long flu season ahead.

Additional details released by the CDC recently:

• 98,000 people have been hospitalized from this new flu or its complications, including 36,000 children, 53,000 adults younger than 65 and 9,000 older adults.
• Some 8 million children have become ill, 12 million adults younger than 65 and 2 million older adults.

Veterinary and federal officials announced yesterday, what is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline – a 13-year-old Iowa cat has been found to be infected with the Swine flu virus.

The domestic short-haired cat was reportedly treated last week at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ames and has since recovered, officials said. The virus also has been confirmed in two ferrets — one in Oregon and the other in Nebraska — but they died, and has also now been confirmed in pigs from a commercial herd.

The veterinarian who treated the cat, said two of the three people in the cat’s Iowa home had flu-like symptoms before the cat became ill. In terms of symptoms, the cat (which is an indoor cat) reportedly became lethargic, had a loss of appetite and appeared to have trouble breathing.

Officials have said that pet owners should take the same sort of precautions against the spread of swine flu to pets, as they would with humans. There is no swine flu vaccine for pets.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that pigs in a commercial herd in the state of Indiana have tested positive for the H1N1 swine flu virus, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs. It is something though that agriculture experts have long-expected to happen.

Using its swine surveillance program, the USDA said it discovered four tissue samples (collected in late October) that tested positive for the virus. The USDA said also that the pigs as well as the people caring for the animals have recovered fully.

USDA officials have stressed however that instances of pigs with the H1N1 swine flu do not pose a threat to consumers of pork products. It may still be bad news however for the pork industry, which has been struggling with poor prices that have been blamed on swine flu fears and the global recession. The positive tests in Indiana also come just days after U.S. officials successfully negotiated an end to one of the more damaging commercial effects of swine flu — China implementing a six-month ban on pork imports. It is now expected that the Chinese will reopen their import markets, offering pork producers an opportunity to export to what was their fastest growing market before the swine flu outbreak.