Nebraska's count of confirmed swine flu cases has reached 60 in a week in which word spread that a woman with Omaha-area ties died of complications from the virus.

The total among Nebraska residents includes 10 new cases reported by state health officials this week. Among them is the first case reported in Lancaster County -- that of a girl age 5 to 18.

Cases have been reported in 14 Nebraska counties.

A 20-year-old Chicago woman who was mayor of Boys Town in 2007 is being counted among the U.S. deaths tied to the illness. Her case is being counted as an Illinois case.

Caitlin Anne Treat Huber of Chicago died Saturday at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago.

Officials say her death was caused by complications from the virus, which is also known as H1N1, and that she had delivered a baby the day before.

Her daughter was delivered by Cesarean section -- after Huber's condition became worse.

"She just could not get enough oxygen," says Caitlin's father Charles Huber. "She could not breathe enough. Even though she was strong she was always healthy. This was just too much."

Huber's newborn daughter remains hospitalized. She weighs just three pounds. Caitlin Huber also left behind a one year old daughter -- who is being cared for by her parents.