A sixth person in Suffolk County – and the eighth on Long Island – has died with the swine flu virus, county health officials said.
The Suffolk County medical examiner’s office is scheduled to perform an autopsy Tuesday to determine if the woman, who was identified only as being between the ages of 40 and 50 and from the Town of Brookhaven, died as a result of the H1N1 influenza virus, officials said.
The Suffolk Health Department commissioner, Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, said the woman experienced flulike symptoms on June 18, was hospitalized on June 25 and died Sunday.
He said the woman had an underlying medical condition.
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