CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced late Sunday the first death from swine flu in six days, raising the total number of deaths up to 269.
The latest virus-related death was that of a 25-year-old woman from Sixth of October governorate, said Abdel Rahman Shahin, spokesman of the Ministry of Health.
The latest H1N1 weekly report stated that the number of swine flu cases in Egypt has reached over 16,000 cases.
