A woman in her 40s is the third person in the state to die after contracting swine flu.
She had been treated at Waterbury Hospital for a respiratory ailment before being diagnosed with swine flu. She died early Monday morning.
Waterbury Hospital officials confirmed that the swine flu "is believed to have played a contributing role in her death," according to a statement released Monday afternoon.
The first Connecticut resident to die of swine flu was a Waterbury woman in her 60s. Last week, a 6-year-old boy in Waterbury died.
