First swine flu death in Louisiana

POSTED: Friday, August 14, 2009 - 9:34am

UPDATED: Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 11:58pm

A New Orleans woman has died from the swine flu. It's the first death related to the virus here in Louisiana.

State health officials say the woman was 21 years old.

So far, 346 people have become sick with swine flu here in Louisiana.