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New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Seven deaths due to swine flu, including six in Karnataka, were reported Friday, taking the total toll in India from the Influenza A(H1N1) virus to 161, health authorities said here.
In Karnataka, four deaths were reported from Bangalore, one from Davangere and another in Bijapur. With the six deaths, the total toll in the southern state has reached 53.

The report confirming that all six tested positive for the virus was received only Sep 10, a state health official said.

Haryana recorded its first swine flu death Friday, health officials said. The death occurred in Faridabad.

In Bangalore, Shashidhar Buggi, the director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD), said: “A 20-year-old pregnant woman succumbed to swine flu as she had arrived at a very critical stage. The woman was 36 weeks into pregnancy and was to deliver shortly.”

The hospital reported another swine flu death as well.

“A 40-year-old woman also succumbed at RGICD,” Buggi added.

The other two deaths due to swine flu in Bangalore were those of a 13-year-old boy who died at a private hospital Sep 8, and a 59-year-old man admitted Sep 3, who died two days later.

The two other deaths in the state include a 53-year-old man, who died Saturday at a private hospital in Bijapur, and an 11-month-old infant boy who died Tuesday at a private hospital in Davangere.

Meanwhile, 187 fresh cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the virus to 5,796.

“Till date, samples from 27,633 people have been tested for Influenza A (H1N1) in various government and private laboratories across the country, and 5,796 of them have been found positive,” a statement issued here said.

The maximum cases were reported from Tamil Nadu with 61 detected Friday.

Delhi reported 46 fresh cases, taking the total number of people affected with the flu to 1,113.

In Karnataka, 22 cases were registered, taking the total number to 686. In Maharashtra, which has seen the maximum deaths and cases in the country, 32 more people tested positive for the flu, officials said.

So far, 72 people have died in Maharashtra, while a total of 1,943 people have tested positive.

–Indo-ASian News Service

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