FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has recorded its first hospitalized case of the H1N1 virus.
Dr. Paul Van Buynder, deputy chief medical health officer, said Wednesday that a woman in her 30s from northern New Brunswick is recovering in hospital after contracting H1N1 flu.
No other details were released.
Seventeen cases of the virus have been reported in the province.
Those affected have either recovered or are recovering.
The virus has infected thousands of Canadians and has been linked to 38 deaths across the country: 15 in Quebec, 12 in Ontario, six in Manitoba, three in Saskatchewan and two in Alberta.
