Vietnam confirmed that a 29-year-old woman in central province of Binh Dinh died of A/H1N1 influenza, raising the total number of flu deaths in the country to 24, said a daily report on the website of the Ministry of Health on Monday, Xinhua reported.
The woman was 39 weeks pregnant. She was admitted to the Bong Son Hospital of Binh Dinh on Oct. 10 with fever, coughing and difficulty in breathing. Doctors conducted an operation to save the baby as her conditions deteriorated.
The patient was then taken to the provincial general hospital with respiratory distress and higher fever. She died on Oct. 15. Her sample was tested positive with A/H1N1 influenza.
The ministry on Sunday said the number of flu patients has risen to 10,210 so far following the country's confirmation of 54 more flu cases over the weekend.