Uruguay has reported 4 new deaths of the A/H1N1 flu, raising the toll in the country to 19, the Public Health Ministry said Thursday.
The 4 new victims are aged between 56 and 65, the ministry said, adding that 129 hospitalized patients had also been tested positive for the flu.
Uruguay confirmed on May 27 the first two cases of A/H1N1 flu in two young people who had traveled to Argentina.
(Xinhua News Agency July 17, 2009)
