Mitchell Wiener, 55, died at 6:17 p.m., just hours after his family optimistically told The Post his condition had stabilized.
The somber news came as city officials ordered five more schools closed today in an attempt to stop the spread of the deadly virus – bringing the total number to 11 citywide that will be shuttered this week.
Any death is sad, but a little perspective: as of Friday 4,714 cases in the U.S. and 4 deaths. I guess this brings the death total to 5, which would keep the fatality rate for swine flu at 0.1%, about the same as any regular seasonal flu.
All flu is deadly.