Another Kentuckian is dead from the H1N1 virus, bringing the state's current total to 11.

The latest death has Hardin County health officials looking for ways to prevent others from falling ill as well.

Health officials say the Hardin County man who died last week from H1N1 had no underlying medical conditions at the time of his death.

Unfortunately the amount of those suffering from either seasonal flu or H1N1 are piling up daily.

So much so, that the Lincoln Trail District Health Department and Hardin Memorial Hospital are taking whatever steps they can to stop the spread.

"As the regional epidemiologist, I'm now seeing several confirmed cases hit my desk every week. That is very unusual for this time of year," says regional epidemiologist, Karen Arrowood.

While not all of these cases are H1N1, there is enough piling up to cause concern.

When asked at Tuesday's press conference "just how many confirmed h1-n1 cases are in the region?... here's what Arrowood had to say.

"Our region is representative of our state, and our state is representative of the u-s at this time in that it is an epidemic and it is widespread," says Arrowood.

"In response to the growing number of cases of flu-ridden residents, Hardin Memorial Hospital is cutting the amount of people who come in their doors.

"Tomorrow at Hardin Memorial Hospital and all of our off-site locations, we are asking anyone that is not actively delivering care to persons who are admitted or to be seen, not to come into our hospital," says hospital spokesperson, Michelle Murphy.

Hospital officials hope this move will safe-guard from the amount of people that could come into contact with possible carriers of the virus.

8400 doses of the H1N1 vaccine have come into the health department and they've already begun vaccinating health care workers.

They are also looking ahead to late November when they are expected to receive larger shipments.

"We do have plans to start immunization clinics in all of our schools," explains health department director, Linda Sims.

Then they hope to have the rest of the health district immunized by the beginning of the new year.

"After we do our vaccination clinics in the schools, we anticipate doing many clinics throughout our communities in the Lincoln District Health Department," continues Sims.

The name of the Hardin County man who died is being withheld... but WBKO has learned that he will have a private memorial service.

Arrowood says health care providers in their region have been given the "go-ahead" and are currently vaccinating the primary target groups, such as pregnant women and young children.