2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state the Chicago metropolitan area – was reported by state health authorities on May 28, 2009 but this was not reflected in the CDC official numbers by the end of the month. A total of 3,366 cases and 17 deaths have been confirmed in Illinois as of July 24. As of January 2010, a total of 2931 hospitalizations due to confirmed A/H1N1 infection and a total of 97 confirmed deaths due to H1N1 have been reported in Illinois. On April 28, an unidentified Notre Dame student was confirmed as the first case of swine flu in this state. The patient had
2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis continue serving as lieutenant governor pending a legal challenge over his appointment – but he cannot preside over the State Senate." A hearing was held on August 18 before the Appellate Division's Second Dept. in Brooklyn, at which lawyers for both sides presented oral arguments. David Lewis, attorney for Dean Skelos and the Republican Senate caucus, likened the appointment of Ravitch to the Roman Emperor Caligula’s naming of his horse to public office. Justice Thomas A. Dickerson said that "there is to be no one who is appointed to take this office." Justice Steven W. Fisher said he expected the