▁percent ▁sp ike ▁in ▁flu ▁vis its . ▁As ▁ped iat ric ▁cases ▁were ▁increasing , ▁the ▁De pt . ▁of ▁Health ▁and ▁Human ▁Services ▁released ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁courses ▁of ▁children ' s ▁liquid ▁Tam if lu ▁from ▁the ▁national ▁pan demic ▁stock p ile ▁in ▁late ▁September , ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁batch es ▁sent ▁to ▁Texas ▁and ▁Colorado . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁September , ▁the ▁disease ▁cent ers ▁reported ▁that ▁ 9 3 6 ▁had ▁died ▁of ▁flu ▁sympt oms ▁or ▁of ▁flu - associ ated ▁p neum onia ▁since ▁August ▁ 3 0 , ▁when ▁it ▁began ▁a ▁new ▁count ▁of ▁death s , ▁including ▁some ▁without ▁labor atory - conf ir med ▁sw ine ▁flu . ▁ ▁The ▁Agricult ure ▁Department ▁reported ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 6 ▁that ▁three ▁p igs ▁at ▁the ▁Minnesota ▁State ▁Fair , ▁in ▁St . ▁Paul , ▁were ▁tested ▁positive ▁in ▁late ▁August ▁for ▁H 1 N 1 ▁virus , ▁which ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁cases ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁although ▁inf ected ▁p igs ▁had ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁eight ▁other ▁countries . ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 0 3 ▁p igs ▁tested ▁at ▁the ▁Fair , ▁including ▁the ▁three ▁inf ected , ▁though ▁all ▁appeared ▁health y . ▁Scient ists ▁said ▁the ▁virus ▁was ▁already ▁spread ing ▁widely ▁among ▁people , ▁and , ▁in ▁fact , ▁was ▁more ▁common ▁in ▁humans ▁than ▁in ▁p igs , ▁so ▁humans ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁catch ▁it ▁from ▁others ▁than ▁from ▁p igs