7 more H1N1 deaths in India,

• tanvi_singh
• September 30, 2009

Seven more influenza A (H1N1) deaths were reported from India today, taking the toll due to the pandemic in the country so far to 315, an official statement said.

Two of the deaths occurred today, one in Delhi and the other in Andhra Pradesh, the statement said.

Besides, a death that occurred in a private hospital in Delhi yesterday and four deaths in Karnataka have now been confirmed as cases of H1N1 by the results of the laboratory tests on the patients, it said.

There were two suspected swine flu deaths in Andhra Pradesh today, but the results of the laboratory tests were awaited, it said.

Of the total deaths, Maharashtra now accounts for 120, while 96 people have lost their lives in Karnataka, 34 in Andhra Pradesh, 31 in Gujarat, 13 in Delhi, 5 in Kerala, 4 in Tamil Nadu, 3 each in Goa and Haryana, 2 each in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and 1 each in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Meanwhile, as many as 197 fresh cases of the flu were reported today from across the country, including 59 in Delhi, 46 in Maharashtra, 25 in Tamil Nadu, 13 each in Karnataka and Kerala, 12 each in Haryana and Chandigarh, 9 in Andhra Pradesh, 4 in Uttar Pradesh, 2 in Chhattisgarh and 1 each in Goa and Rajasthan.

With these, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus reported so far in India has risen to 10,233, the statement added.
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• Last Modified: September 30, 2009
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