(MI) The Detroit News – A Warren woman died Monday after a two-week sickness, making her the first Michigan fatality of the swine flu or H1N1 virus, state officials said.

The 53-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld, had underlying health issues but the primary cause of death was the H1N1 virus that is believed to have come from Mexico this spring, said James McCurtis, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Community Health. Health officials aren’t sure how she contracted the virus, but say she died in a Macomb County hospital. More