Six swine flu deaths push India’s toll to 759 (Second Lead)
December 17th, 2009 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) At least six people, including four from Delhi, died due to swine flu Thursday, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) in the country to 759, authorities said.
With these deaths, the number of swine flu casualty went up to 52 in Delhi and 64 in Gujarat.
Though details of all victims were not available, a 25-year-old woman died due to swine flu at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here.
The woman was admitted to RML Hospital Dec 11 and died Thursday afternoon, Anjana Prakash, the additional nodal officer handling swine flu cases in Delhi, told IANS.
Delhi also recorded 131 new cases of swine flu Thursday. Of these, 72 were children. This has taken the cumulative total number of swine flu cases in the capital to 7,942, Prakash said.
Among the states, Maharashtra continues to lead the toll figure with 247 deaths. Both Karnataka and Rajasthan have lost over 100 people each.
The country also witnessed 248 new cases of influenza A (H1N1). Besides Delhi, Rajasthan reported 30 cases, Uttar Pradesh 24 cases and Maharashtra reported 16 cases Thursday.
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