Breaking News: US Record First Swine Flu Death

The US has become the first country to report a death from swine flu outside of Mexico.

A twenty-three month old infant has died from swine flu in Texas, according to breaking news reports.

A spokesman for the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the death to CNN but gave no further details.

There are currently 66 confirmed cases of the disease in America.

The CDCP says that about 36,000 people a year die of flu-related causes in the US.