India's swine flu toll raised to 290 after five more deaths

India's swine flu influenza A (H1N1) virus  toll raised to 290 after five more deaths - out of which one case came to light in Andhra Pradesh and other four from Karnataka on Saturday.

From Andhra Pradesh some more suspected Swine Flu deaths have been reported but health Authorities in New Delhi said that they are awaiting confirmation reports from laboratory.

Moreover, fresh 208 Swine Flu cases were reported all over the country taking India toll of Infected People with swine flu influenza A (H1N1) virus to 9,492. These fresh cases were reported from Delhi (66), Tamil Nadu (32), Maharashtra (32), Andhra Pradesh (24), Karnataka (18), Kerala (13) and Haryana (13).

Since the outbreak of this deadly virus  known as swine flu, a total of 3,917 people have died globally. Out of these, alone 2,948 deaths occured in America. The second highest death rate that is 362 are occured in West Pacific. After that four WHO regional offices in Southeast Asia, Europe, East Mediterranean and Africa reported 340, 154, 72 and 41 deaths respectively.