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Swine flu kills 6th El Paso County resident
By Erica Molina Johnson / El Paso Times
Posted: 07/02/2009 02:49:41 PM MDT
EL PASO -- A 46-year-old woman who had swine flu has died, the sixth such case in El Paso County this year, public health officials said today.
They withheld the identity of the woman, who lived on the East Side.
Officials from the city's Department of Public Health said she was hospitalized with an influenza-like illness and was believed to have underlying medical conditions that might have contributed her to her death.
They would not say when she died.
So far this year, El Paso County has recorded 313 confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza virus.
Erica Molina Johnson may be reached at emolina@elpasotimes.com; 546-6132.
Swine flu kills 6th El Paso County resident
By Erica Molina Johnson / El Paso Times
Posted: 07/02/2009 02:49:41 PM MDT
EL PASO -- A 46-year-old woman who had swine flu has died, the sixth such case in El Paso County this year, public health officials said today.
They withheld the identity of the woman, who lived on the East Side.
Officials from the city's Department of Public Health said she was hospitalized with an influenza-like illness and was believed to have underlying medical conditions that might have contributed her to her death.
They would not say when she died.
So far this year, El Paso County has recorded 313 confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza virus.
Erica Molina Johnson may be reached at emolina@elpasotimes.com; 546-6132.