SAN DIEGO -- There were no new confirmed cases of swine flu in San Diego County Thursday, but health officials said tests are pending for 13 people who probably have the disease.

Eight people have so far tested positive for the disease in San Diego, none of whom required hospitalization, according to Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County's public health officer.

Wooten said the state will start processing tests of suspected swine flu cases Friday, so county health officials will no longer have to send samples to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

"We expect to get a much faster turnaround time with state testing," Wooten said.

One of the probable cases of swine flu is a female San Diego State University student who lives off-campus.

According to Dr. Gregg Lichtenstein, the medical director for SDSU's Student Health Services, the student's sample has been sent to the CDC for final diagnosis. It's expected to take several days for those results.

Meanwhile, classes at the university will continue, he said.

"Classes are continuing as usual," Lichtenstein said. "Business operations are continuing as usual at San Diego State."

The sick student is recovering at home, according to Lichtenstein.

The CDC confirmed Wednesday that a Marine at a San Bernardino County base where Camp Pendleton-based Marines routinely train has swine flu.

The infected Marine at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms will remain isolated in his barracks, military officials said.

Thirty other Marines he had been in contact with will also be quarantined for five days as a precaution. None of the other Marines displayed any symptoms of swine flu, according to the Marine Corps.

Twentynine Palms is in San Bernardino County about 150 miles northeast of San Diego County, but troops from Camp Pendleton in Oceanside frequently go there for training.

So far, there are 109 cases of swine flu confirmed in the United States, according to the CDC. The nation's first swine-flu death -- a 23-month-old girl from Mexico -- was reported in Texas Wednesday morning. Hours later, the World Health Organization issued a statement saying an international health emergency was "imminent."

The recent outbreak of swine flu around the globe is most prevalent in Mexico, where about 2,500 people have developed influenza and 159 people are believed to have died from the virus.