Two die of swine flu in Delhi, 214 new infections
December 18th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Two people died of swine flu in the national capital Friday, taking the toll here to 54, while 214 fresh infections were reported, authorities said.
“At least two people died due to influenza A (H1N1) Friday,” a central health ministry official said.
However, the details of those who succumbed to the virus were not available.
Besides, the capital city reported 214 new cases of infection Friday, taking the cumulative infection figure in Delhi to 8,156 so far.
“The capital reported 214 fresh swine flu cases. Of the 214 new cases 107 were children,” Anjana Prakash, additional nodal officer handling swine flu cases in Delhi, told IANS.
Of the total 8,156 swine flu cases, 4,777 are of children, she said.
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