Swine Flu Death Reported in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Department of Health says another person has died of complications from swine flu in Arkansas.

Ed Barham, public information officer for the Health Department, said Tuesday that the death occurred last week, but he couldn't release additional information.

Barham says there have been 30 deaths since the pandemic started in Arkansas in August.

He says reports of hospitalizations and absenteeism from schools has slowed in recent months, but anyone can still contract the flu, also known as H1N1.

Barham says most of the deaths have been of people in the 45-64 age group, but he says the illnesses and deaths have occurred in all age ranges.