Piatt County reports first swine flu case

MONTICELLO – Public health officials have received word of the first confirmed case of swine flu in Piatt County.

David Remmert, administrator of the DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Department, said the Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed the positive results Thursday. The patient was hospitalized and has been released, he said.

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