NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK

A woman died over the weekend of swine flu, becoming New York City’s second victim and the nation’s 11th. The woman, who was in her 50s, had other health conditions, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti said.

There have been 280 confirmed cases of swine flu in the city and 94 hospitalizations, Scaperotti said. The number of confirmed cases probably doesn’t fully reflect the spread of the virus, given that health officials aren’t testing everyone for the H1N1 strain. “It’s most likely that if you’re sick with the flu, that you have the H1N1 virus,” she said.

The World Health Organization, as of Friday, had tallied more than 12,000 swine flu cases worldwide, with more than half in the United States. It counted at least 86 deaths, with 75 of those in Mexico.