Child dies of swine flu complications

Connecticut health officials say the death of a child from New Haven County is the second in the state linked to the swine flu virus.

The Department of Public Health identified the victim as being 5 to 10 years old. Waterbury school officials identified the child at a news conference as a 6-year-old local boy who was too ill with underlying medical conditions to attend school this year.

They said the boy died Thursday morning at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Earlier this month, a New Haven County resident over age 50 became the first Connecticut resident to die from complications related to the H1N1 virus.

There have been 637 confirmed swine flu cases in the state.

U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy has asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rush $10 million to the state to deal with H1N1.