WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel raised its swine flu death toll to 31.
Medical authorities added to the toll an Afula Hospital patient hospitalized last month in the final stages of a terminal disease.
Doctors believe swine flu accelerated the man’s death, Israel Radio reported Wednesday.
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