In a statement, the Texas Department of State Health services said it was “reporting the first death of a Texas resident with H1N1 [swine] flu.

“A woman from Cameron County who had chronic underlying health conditions died earlier this week,” it said.

It is the second swine flu fatality outside Mexico, after a Mexican toddler died of the virus in the US in April.

Swine Flu H1N1 experts and health authorities predict that every state in the US will has some cases and that its possible for fatalities to grow quickly as secondary waves of the H1N1 Swine Flu return from the southern hemisphere, which is just entering its main flu season.

21 countries
1490 cases h1n1 swine flu

The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths – Austria (1), Canada (140), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (4), Germany (9), Ireland (1), Israel (4), Italy (5), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (6), Portugal (1), Republic of Korea (2), Spain (57), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (27).