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
Governor-General of the Irish Free State to violate convention by using the Office of Governor-General to interfere in the Free State's affairs, these other nations would see their own autonomy threatened and might object. The first two Governors-General of the Irish Free State assumed office under the pro-Treaty, government of W. T. Cosgrave. When it came to choosing the first governor-general, there was speculation about a number of possible candidates, including the famed Irish painter Sir John Lavery and Edward, Prince of Wales. However, the Irish cabinet let it be known that it wished Tim Healy, a former Parnellite MP, to be appointed, and the British