Dominican Republic health officials reported a pregnant 17-year-old from Santo Domingo as the first victim of  AH1N1 flu virus. The death comes as the World Health Organization said the DR now has 33 reported cases of the disease, the highest for any Caribbean country.

Jamaica for its part reported three more cases Sunday, brining the total according to the Health Ministry’s surveillance and monitoring team to seven.

The ministry said it detected three other confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1) in the island on Saturday, June 6, 2009.  All three cases have been linked to travel to New York in the United States, including one who is a resident there.