Woman Gives
Birth To Twins Before Dying From The AH1N1
Flu: Deaths In Costa Rica Climb to 27
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila,
confirmed Friday two more deaths from the
AH1N1 flu virus, bringing the total to 27.
Numbers 26 and 27 are a man, whose personal
information was not released and 25 year old
woman, who had been pregnant with twins.
Doctors had performed a cesarean section on
the woman last week when the woman's
condition from the infection got worse.
Ministra Ávila said the twin babies are
doing fine.
"The young woman had been in hospital for
some time, the pregnancy being a high risk
condition. We are able to save the babies,
but unfortunately not her", said Ávila.
The good news is that the number of reported
cases seems to be dropping.
Salud officials say that the number of
people in hospital last week was 129,
dropping to 119 at the beginning of this
week and yesterday only 95, 17 of which are
in intensive care and 78 in isolation.
Of the 4.630 cases reported, only 798 cases
of infection were confirmed and another 984,
of which 18 are children, are pending
analysis.
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