Swine Flu

Seven more peope have died of influenza A (H1N1) in India, taking the toll due to the swine flu pandemic in the country so far to 1170, an official statement said here today.

Two of the deaths, both in Gujarat, were reported during the day. Besides, reports of five deaths that occurred in recent days - three in Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh - were conveyed by the authorities of the states concerned to the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today.

Of the total swine flu deaths in the country so far, Maharashtra now accounts for 306, while 208 lives have been lost in Gujarat, 172 Rajasthan, 141 in Karnataka, 90 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 38 in Punjab, 36 in Kerala, 33 in Haryana, 19 in Madhya Pradesh, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Uttarakhand, 8 each in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 in Puducherry, 5 in Goa, 3 in Orissa, 2 each in Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Chhattisgarh and 1 in Mizoram.

The statement said 47 new cases of swine flu were reported from different parts of India today, including 19 in Maharashtra, 10 in Gujarat, 8 in Karnataka, 7 in Uttar Pradesh, 2 in Haryana and 1 in Madhya Pradesh.

With these, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country so far has gone up to 28,512, the statement added.