Nicaragua confirms second A/H1N1 flu death

MANAGUA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Nicaragua confirmed its second A/H1N1 influenza death on Monday, the Health Ministry announced.

A 44-year-old female patient from Costa Rica died in a hospital in Managua, Health Minister Guillermo Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said the patient, who was probably infected with the disease when she arrived in the country, was hospitalized for 12 hours before death.

Nicaragua confirmed its first A/H1N1 flu death on Aug. 12 as a 30-year-old patient from Cruz del Rio Grande in the Caribbean region died of the virus.

So far, Nicaragua has reported 775 infections since the first case in the country was confirmed in June.