MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of a new type of swine flu has risen to as many as 159 people, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said on Tuesday.
Cordova told a news conference that more than 1,300 people were in hospitals, some of them “seriously” ill, out of a total of around 2,500 suspected cases of the virus.
The number of fatalities was up by 10 from the previous day, although Cordova said many of the deaths have not been definitively attributed to the swine flu. Some victims died and were buried or cremated before the virus was spotted and could be tested.
