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New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) India Sunday reported four fresh cases of the swine flu, taking to 93 the total number of people infected with the virus, according to health ministry here.
Three children were among the four who were tested positive for the flu Sunday.

One case each was reported from Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Kolkata, and Mumbai, the ministry said.

“About 676 persons have been tested so far, of which 93 are positive for the Influenza A(H1N1),” an official statement issued here said.

“Of the 93 positive cases, 61 have been discharged. Rest of them remain admitted to the identified health facility,” it said.

In Hyderabad, a 10-year-old boy was tested with the flu. The boy had travelled from the US to Hyderabad via Frankfurt and Mumbai. He reached Hyderabad June 25.

As he showed flu-like symptoms, his family took him to an identified health facility June 26.

In Gurgaon, a 12-year-old girl tested positive Sunday. Officials said the girl got the virus after she came in contact with a person who had earlier been found infected with the swine flu.

On Sunday, West Bengal reported its second confirmed case of swine flu with a five-year-old girl testing positive for the virus.

The girl, a resident of Dhuliajan in Assam, is being treated at the state-run Infectious Diseases Hospital, said state health department official Tapas Sen.

The girl, with her parents, arrived at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport from Bangkok early Friday with symptoms of the swine flu and was sent to the hospital.

The father of the girl has tested negative, while the mother’s test report is awaited.

The three members of the family have been kept quarantined in a special ward in the hospital, where another seven-year-old girl - the first confirmed swine flu patient in the state - is also being treated.

In Mumbai, a 45-year-old woman, whose 15-year-old daughter had been detected with the flu June 26, also tested positive for the virus, officials said here.

The mother and daughter had travelled from the US, come to Delhi June 22, and reached Mumbai by train the next day.

While the girl complained of fever, cough and running nose and was admitted to an identified health facility at Mumbai June 25, her mother was found to be suffering from the symptoms June 26.

“Their contacts are being identified,” the officials added.

Out of the 676 people tested for the virus so far, at least 191 were identified through entry screening at the 22 international airports across the country, while 27 were detected through contact tracing and the rest had self-reported.

A total of 2.5 million passengers have been screened so far since the outbreak, the officials added. India reported its first swine flu case May 16.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) about 59,814 confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection from 112 countries have been reported till June 26. There have been 263 deaths globally mostly from Mexico and the US.