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Two California prison system inmates have died from possible H1N1-related complications, officials said Wednesday.

One inmate in a Central California prison died Monday. The other, in a Southern California prison, died Friday. Prison officials would not name the prisons.

The two deaths are the prison system's first H1N1-related deaths, but 28 inmates have been hospitalized for H1N1.

While prison officials are not sure the two deaths stemmed from swine flu, both inmates tested positive for influenza A. The vast majority of current cases of the strain are swine flu.

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