Louisiana female dies from flu complications

Published 12:00 am Monday, September 7, 2009

BATON ROUGE (AP) — A Baton Rouge-area resident has died of complications from swine flu, bringing Louisiana’s death toll this year from the virus to four.

The state Department of Health and Hospitals would only identify the victim as a young female.

The department said it won’t give any other details, including possible underlying health conditions, to protect the victim’s family.

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