A fifth Illinois resident has died of complications related to the swine flu virus, health officials said today.
The Lake County Health Department reported that a 74-year-old Gurnee man died June 2 after becoming ill with the H1N1 virus.
The man had “significant medical conditions” that made him more vulnerable to severe illness, the health department said in a release.
So far, all five people in Illinois who have died of swine flu-related complications had other underlying health conditions, state and county health officials have said.
