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Three more deaths linked to swine flu

The Southern Nevada Health District reported three additional H1N1 deaths Wednesday.

The patients, who died last week, were a 25-year-old woman with no underlying medical conditions, a 49-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions, and a 59-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions.

That brings the total to 29 Clark County residents whose deaths were swine flu related.

To date, the health district has received 117,200 doses of the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine and has administered more than 69,700 doses.

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