BREAKING – Swine Flu has hit New Jersey. LALATE can report Swine Flu is now in New Jersey believe state health officials, joining California, Ohio, New York, Kansas and Texas.

New Jersey health officials report tonight that symptoms of Swine Flu has been identified in five possible residents of its state. However their condition is reported mild.

The five New Jersey residents reportedly traveled to Mexico and California and now are believed carrying swine flu. However, their condition is so mild they are not even hospitalized. State officials are not giving official confirmation until testing is done by the CDC.

As of 1 pm EST Monday, the CDC’s website (cdc.gov/swineflu) does not list New Jersey among the states hit; however, New Jersey reports broke late tonight at roughly 5 pm PST / 8 pm EST .

As of now, CDC only lists the following state data:
California 7 cases
Kansas 2 cases
New York City 28 cases
Ohio 1 case
Texas 2 cases
TOTAL COUNT 40 cases

For continuing coverage of Swine Flu cases on LALATE click here: http://news.lalate.com/category/health.