Health Ministry officials on Monday reported two additional swine flu deaths, a 57-year-old chronically ill woman and a 31-year-old male.

The woman, with underlying illnesses, died two days ago in Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. The man, who appears to have been healthy previously, died today, Monday, in Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah bringing the national death toll from the illness to 41.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)