Three more Baguio City residents, including a baby, infected with influenza A(H1N1) have died, bringing the total of reported deaths in the country to 9.

Dr. Myrna Cabotaje, director of the Department of Health's office in the Cordillera Autonomous Region, said the three fatalities were a 9-day-old baby, a 17-year-old student and a 9-year-old child.

Cabotaje said the baby died Saturday followed by the student and the 9-year-old victim on Tuesday.

The regional health chief said the three victims were all infected with A(H1N1), but clarified
that they have yet to determine if the causes of death are related to the disease.

On July 22, a 25-year-old woman also infected with A(H1N1) died after giving birth to twin girls at the Saint Louis University Hospital.

The DOH has declared a low-level community outbreak of the virus in the city, one of the country's famous tourist destinations.

Cabotaje said that there are already 177 confirmed A(H1N1) cases in the region, 115 of which were recorded in Baguio City.

The flu deaths in Baguio City brought the number of reported flu-related deaths in the country to 9.

The first five deaths include a House of Representatives employee, a 19-year-old with asthma, a 74-year-old with emphysema, a public school teacher in Muntinlupa City and an American teacher in Tacloban City. With a report from Butch Mendizabal, ABS-CBN Baguio