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The Arkansas Health Department says two more people in the state have died from complications of swine flu.

The deaths announced Tuesday bring the state swine flu total to nine.

The number of Arkansans who have died from swine flu has risen to 13… a state Health Department spokesman said today..

A Van Buren student who tested positive for swine flu died over the weekend at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Kristen Armer was a 7th grader at Cedarville Middle School who was wheelchair bound due to a neurological disease called Transverse Myelitis...
"She had a great sense of humor, she liked to make people laugh, and she was a speed demon in her motorized wheelchair. We would have to stop her a lot and caution her not to go so fast,” said Cedarville Middle School Teacher Cassey Browning.
Teachers and administrators say they were shocked to hear about Kristen's death after she participated in the homecoming pep rally just last Thursday...
But something was wrong. On Thursday night Kristen went to the hospital. Two days later, she passed away. Now teachers are remembering the girl so full of life.

Could there POSSIBLY be less information. Is it possible? Does Arkansas DOH have to pay by the byte?

Update: Arkansas' Battle Against the Swine Flu
Reported by: Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, AR (AP) - The Arkansas Department of Health says it administered nearly 120,000 seasonal and swine flu vaccines in the first two days of its statewide mass inoculation clinics.

The health department says the total through noon on Friday, October 30, 2009, included more than 102,000 seasonal vaccines and more than 17,000 swine flu vaccines.

The clinics continued on Saturday, October 31st.

At the clinics, the swine flu vaccine is only available to pregnant women, children ages 6 months to 4 years and older children with underlying medical conditions.

Dr. Paul Halverson, state health officer, says the first day of the clinics was successful, despite downpours of rain that drenched most of the state. He says the clinics are one of the state's largest mass vaccination efforts ever.

The health department is also offering swine flu vaccination clinics at all of the state's public schools.

West Memphis just wrapped up its' session. Deputy Superintendent Wesley Berry tells myEyewitnessNews.com that an estimated 1,000 of the district's 6,000 students received the H1N1 vaccine.

School children in Marion, Earle and Turrell are next on the list for vaccinations.

The number of Arkansans who have died from the Swine flu, according to a Health Department spokesperson, is 13. The names, ages and locations of the victims are not being released.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Department of Health says 18 people have died from complications of swine flu since Aug. 1.

The agency says that more vaccines for swine flu are arriving in the state -- and more is on its way.

The department says those in higher-risk groups -- including pregnant women, health care and emergency workers, people who live with or care for infants, people under 24 and older people with underlying medical conditions -- should check with their doctors to see if the vaccine is available.

The state also says that a second round of mass vaccination clinics at schools is planned. Children under age 10 need a second dose of the swine flu vaccine about four weeks after the first dose.