When was the worst case of Swine Flu?

Answer 1

The worst case may have been the first case with a death since little was known about the new virus at that time and a whole new plan of care and evaluation protocol was needed for each new case identified until more was known about the new infectious virus.

The first person to die from the 2009 Swine Flu was Maria Adela Gutierrez, who died in March 2009 in Mexico. She was a 39-year old woman in the southern tourist city of Oaxaca in Mexico. The first person outside of Mexico to die was a baby from Mexico City, who died in Texas, USA, not long after the first cases were identified.

Another candidate for the worst case would be the first case, since it was an entirely new disease for the medical community to unravel and determine how to treat and prevent.

The first known person to have contracted the 2009 H1N1 Influenza in March 2009 was a young boy named Edgar Hernandez from La Gloria, Mexico, a small town of approximately 3,000 people. He recovered from the virus.