Seven other cases had been confirmed, but on Tuesday health officials said one turned out to be a false positive. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says a 22-year old Bergen County woman did not have the swine flu strain.
The state Department of Health and Senior Services says all New Jersey cases have been mild and no one has been hospitalized.
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