Two more swine flu deaths take Delhi toll to 56 (Lead)

December 21st, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )

New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) At least two more people died of swine flu Monday in Delhi, taking the capital’s toll to 56, health officials said.
The union health ministry, however, did not give details of the deaths in the city.

Besides, the state reported 118 new cases of swine flu, taking the total number of cases in the city to 8,501 so far.

“Delhi recorded 118 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) on Monday. With this the cumulative total number of cases in the city has risen to 8,501,” Anjana Prakash, additional nodal officer handling swine flu cases in Delhi, told IANS.

At least 50 of these new cases are children, officials said.

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