A New Hampshire woman has died after becoming sick with swine flu.
The state’s Department of Health and Human Services says the 22-year-old woman from Hillsborough County had other health problems that may have contributed to her death.
It is New Hampshire’s first swine-flu related death.
Dr. Jose Montero, the state’s director of public health, says the news shows that H1N1 never went away and that people still need to take precautions to prevent becoming ill and spreading the virus.
As of Aug. 13, the swine flu has caused 7,511 hospitalizations and 477 deaths in the United States.