Swine flu claims its third victim in Delhi
August 25th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The national capital recorded its third death due to swine flu Tuesday when a 44-year-old woman succumbed to the H1N1 virus, health authorities said here.
According to N.K. Chaturvedi, the medical superintendent of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, the woman died at 10.15 a.m. at the hospital.
“She was admitted to the hospital on Friday. She was in a serious condition and was on the ventilator,” Chaturvedi told IANS.
The woman, a resident of Faridabad, was first admitted to a private hospital, and was brought to the RML hospital in New Delhi when her condition deteriorated.
“She had fever, breathlessness, cold and cough,” he added.
Her samples were sent for testing and on Monday it was confirmed that she was infected with the H1N1 virus.
With the woman’s death, the total death toll has jumped to 65 in the country. On Monday, the country reported 137 fresh swine flu positive cases, pushing the total number of infected people to 2,909.
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