Suspected flu deaths take countrywide toll to 66

New Delhi/Jalna, Aug 23 (PTI) With one person each
succumbing to suspected swine flu in India's national capital
Delhi, centrally administered territory Chandigarh and Jalna
in western state Maharashtra, the nationwide toll due to the
virus has climbed to 66 even as 131 fresh cases of infection
were reported from various states.

A 48-year-old man, a resident of Panchsheel Park in
Delhi, was admitted to RML Hospital on August 20 with renal
failure, fever and breathlessness, according to Hospital
Medical Superintendent N K Chaturvedi.

He died Saturday evening following acute respiratory
distress syndrome and pneumonia, Chaturvedi said, adding that
his swab test report was awaited. He had consulted private
doctors before getting himself admitted to RML Hospital.

26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan also died Saturday of
swine flu at the Mission Hospital in Jalna in Marathwada
region in western state Maharashtra, Health Officer B L
Survase said.

A 40-year-old woman of Kurukshetra district in
northern state of Haryana died Saturday of suspected swine flu
at a private hospital in Panchkula. Sheela's swab has been
sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases for
test, a senior Haryana health department official said.

Maharashtra now accounts for 35 flu deaths, the
highest in the country, followed by southern state Karnataka
with 12 casualties. Five people have died in western state
Gujarat, three each in southern state Tamil Nadu, central
state Chhattisgarh and Delhi and once each in southern state
Kerala, north-western desert state Rajasthan, northern state
Uttarakhand, western coastal state Goa and northern state
Haryana.

Meanwhile, a total of 131 fresh cases of swine flu
were reported from across the country Saturday, Health
Ministry sources said in capital Delhi.

The new cases included 44 in Delhi, Karnataka 21
(Bangalore 19, Gadag 1, Belgaum 1), Tamil Nadu 20 (Chennai 17,
Coimbatore 3), Maharashtra 23.

Out of the total cases reported, six in Delhi and two
in southern state Kerala are cases with recent travel history
to affected countries.

14,187 people have been tested so far out of which
2,669 are positive for swine flu. 834 out of the 14,187
persons have been identified through entry screening, 1,911
through contact tracing and the rest had reported on their
own. PTI Team
PMR
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