Yesterday, the Ministry of Public Health official reported the death of a 22-year-old woman death who succumbed to swine flu and are awaiting confirmation of three other cases that would bring the death total to 13.

Deaths pending confirmation include a 21-year-old man who died in Rosario (Colonia) with had a violent lung infection, a 2-month-old baby with pneumonia and a 44-year-old man.

(Montevideo Portal, El País, 14 July 2009)