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Officials: Early tests show tot didn't have swine flu

As swine flu continued Tuesday to migrate through city schools and Rikers Island, city health officials said preliminary test results show a Queens toddler did not die of the virus.

In a statement Tuesday night, the city health department said tests on nasal swabs from 15-month-old Jonathan Zamora Castillo "did not indicate H1N1 infection."

Because the boy died, however, the city is...

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