India’s swine flu toll touches 600 (Lead)
December 3rd, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Nine swine flu deaths, including five in Rajasthan, were reported Thursday, taking the toll in India to 600, health authorities said. Delhi recorded its highest number of cases on a single day with 176 people testing positive for the virus.
Also, a record 252 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious virus to 18,872.
With the new five deaths, the toll in Rajasthan has now touched 54. Two cases were also reported from Maharashtra, taking the total toll in the state, which reported the country’s first death due to the flu in Aug 3, to 228.
One death each was reported from Punjab and Uttarakhand.
In the national capital, with 176 new cases the total number of people affected in Delhi has gone up to 5,417 - the highest in the country.
“About 176 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. This is highest in one single day in the national capital till now,” Anjana Prakash, Delhi’s assistant nodal officer for swine flu cases, told IANS.
So far, Delhi has reported 25 swine flu deaths.
New cases were also reported from Haryana (34), Maharashtra (21), Uttar Pradesh (21), Rajasthan (14) and Tamil Nadu (12).
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