The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday informed the State of Louisiana that there are seven confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu in the state, Governor Bobby Jindal announced late in the evening.

Five of them are from the same school in Lafayette Parish (county), the sixth is in Ascension Parish, and the seventh is also a student at Audubon Charter School in Uptown New Orleans, the Governor said.

The state got results on nine of the samples it sent to the CDC in Atlanta. Two of the cases -- one in St. Tammany Parish and the other in St. Martin Parish -- came back negative, state officials said.

The state is still awaiting the results of testing on 16 other samples it sent to the CDC in Atlanta. Those include cases in St. Landry, Iberia and Beauregard parishes as well as 12 other cases from Lafayette Parish.

None of the seven confirmed cases required hospitalization. All seven patients are being treated at home on antiviral medication, state officials said.

(Xinhua News Agency May 4, 2009)