India's swine flu deaths jump to 116

Five people died of swine flu in India Friday, taking the toll due to influenza A (H1N1) virus to 116, health authorities said here.

While four deaths were reported from Bangalore, Karnataka, one person died in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Also during the day, 124 fresh cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of affected people to 4,488.

According to health authorities in Karnataka, the four deaths have taken the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 35 in the state.

A 38-year-old woman died at a government hospital Tuesday. Three men aged 27, 41 and 31 years died Wednesday, Sunday and Tuesday respectively.

However, their test reports arrived only Thursday, a health official said in Bangalore.

According to the health ministry, most fresh cases Friday were reported from Tamil Nadu where 33 people tested positive.

Maharashtra, which tops the chart with the maximum swine flu deaths and cases in the country, reported 21 new cases, taking the total cases in the state so far to 1,759.

In the national capital, 50 swine flu cases, including 24 children, were reported, taking its total number of Influenza A (H1N1) cases to 772. However, the health ministry said only 15 cases were reported from the national capital.

One patient was serious and under ventilation at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital here, officials said.

According to the state health ministry, of the fresh cases 15 have been admitted to various designated hospitals and the rest 35 are home-quarantined.

'These 50 identified cases include 24 cases of children. One male patient is critical in the RML Hospital and is on dialysis and on the ventilator,' Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia said.

She said that till date 772 cases have been reported in the city, of which 681 cases have been treated and discharged.

Walia also said that the situation is under control and the government is doing its best in providing treatment to swine flu patients in government hospitals.

She advised people to visit the doctor at the earliest in case they exhibit any symptom of swine flu.

Fresh cases were also reported from

Uttar Pradesh (30), Kerala (2), Haryana (1), Goa (1), West Bengal (1), Uttarakhand (1) and

Jammu and Kashmir (1).

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