A NEW case of swine flu has been confirmed in Oxfordshire.

Oxfordshire Primary Care Trust announced the new case, an adult patient, on its website.

Close contacts of the adult patient have been contacted.

No other details of the patient have yet been released. This brings the total of confirmed cases in Oxfordshire to 10.

There are currently 72 confirmed cases of Influenza A H1N1 in the South East region, including the new Oxfordshire case.