Barcelona - Two more suspected cases of swine flu have been discovered in Spain, bringing the total number to 10, hospital sources and health officials said Monday. The cases were discovered in Barcelona and in the central region of Castile-La Mancha.

Patients suspected of suffering from swine flu are being kept in isolation under observation in several hospitals across the country, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said.

The patients were young Spaniards who had returned recently from Mexico. None of them was reported in a serious condition.

The authorities were currently identifying passengers who had been on the same flights in case test results confirmed that some of the 10 were suffering from swine flu, press reports said.

The first test results were expected shortly.

Jimenez advised Spaniards not to travel to Mexico if they could avoid it, and to monitor their health for ten days if they had just returned from the Latin American country.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was to meet Jimenez to analyse the situation.

The number of dead in Mexico's flu epidemic rose to 103, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos said late Sunday in a television interview without specifying how many among them had died of swine flu. (dpa)