Kerala has reported the season's first death due to H1N1 virus ahead of the onsetof southwest monsoon as various types of viral fever spread inthe state, including a large number of dengue cases.   

A 27-year-old woman died of H1N1 at Maranadu in Kollamdistrict yesterday, which was the first such case of the season, sources said.       

According to the health department sources, over 60 dengue cases have been reported in the last two days alone, as the public health sector is struggling to cope with the situation with hundreds of fever cases being reported from various districts.