NEW LONDON, Conn.—A health official says the second wave of the swine flu pandemic is hitting Connecticut.
On Wednesday, Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London confirmed that a 64-year-old woman has died after contracting the H1N1 virus.
While it was the first fatality at that facility, it marks the third swine flu-related death in the state since Aug. 30, when the second wave of the virus began.
Bill Gerrish, a spokesman for the state's Department of Public Health, tells The Associated Press that two other adults died in Fairfield and Litchfield counties.
There were 10 deaths reported during the first wave of H1N1 in Connecticut, which public health officials say ran from the beginning of April until Aug. 29.
The woman who died in New London was admitted a week ago and had underlying medical conditions.
