. ▁ ▁In ▁mid - Oct ober , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁flu ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁H 1 N 1 ▁virus ▁was ▁w ides p read ▁in ▁ 4 1 ▁states , ▁and ▁flu - like ▁ill ness es ▁account ed ▁for ▁ 6 . 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁all ▁doctor ▁vis its , ▁which ▁was ▁considered ▁high , ▁particularly ▁for ▁October . ▁Fort y - three ▁children ▁had ▁died ▁from ▁H 1 N 1 ▁since ▁August ▁ 3 0 , ▁which ▁is ▁approximately ▁the ▁number ▁that ▁usually ▁dies ▁in ▁an ▁entire ▁flu ▁season . ▁ ▁Nin ete en ▁of ▁the ▁forty - three ▁were ▁te en agers ▁while ▁six teen ▁were ▁between ▁ages ▁five ▁to ▁eleven . ▁The ▁rest ▁were ▁under ▁five . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁sever ity ▁of ▁the ▁disease ▁was ▁not ▁increasing . ▁About ▁fifteen ▁to ▁twenty ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁patients ▁hospital ized ▁for ▁the ▁flu ▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁int ensive ▁care ▁unit , ▁a ▁level ▁similar ▁to ▁that ▁for ▁season al ▁flu . ▁ ▁Pro jections ▁of ▁the ▁supply ▁of ▁H 1 N 1 ▁v acc ine ▁had ▁decre ased ▁significantly ▁from ▁a ▁level ▁of ▁ 1 2 0 ▁million ▁dos es ▁ready ▁in ▁October , ▁estimated ▁during ▁the ▁summer , ▁to ▁an ▁estimate ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁million ▁dos es ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁month . ▁On ▁October ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 1 1 . 4 ▁million ▁dos es ▁of ▁the ▁H 1 N 1 ▁v acc ine ▁were