Swine flu kills three more, countrywide toll climbs to 88

Nashik/Bangalore, Aug 27 (PTI) The nationwide swine flu
toll climbed to 88 with a teenaged girl and two women dying
due to the virus in Karnataka and Maharashtra while 177 fresh
cases of infection were reported from various states.

16-year-old Sunanda Kandawal was admitted to BLD Medical
College Hospital, Bijapur in south Indian state Karnataka on
August 24 with fever and cough but had to be shifted to Al
Ameen Medical College Hospital next day since ventilator
facility was not available at the BLD Hospital, health
official said in Bangalore.

The girl, who had also contracted pneumonia, died
Wednesday night, they said, adding that her swab test
confirmed the virus infection. Karnataka now accounts for 20
flu deaths.

In west Indain city Nashik, Purva Amol Joshi (23), who
was pregnant, and Deepali Shinde (20) died on Wednesday at the
Nashik Civil Hospital, A D Bhalsingh, a surgeon, said. Both
the victims were local residents.

He said reports from Pune's National Institute of
Virology had confirmed that they were suffering from flu.

With three deaths, the countrywide toll has risen
to 88. Maharashtra now accounts for 46 fatalities-- 25 in
Pune, nine in Mumbai, seven in Nashik, two in Aurangabad and
one each in Dhule and Latur.

20 people have died in Karnataka, 7 in Gujarat, three
each in Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Delhi, two in Uttarakhand
and one each in Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan and Haryana.

Meanwhile, 177 fresh swine flu cases were reported across
the country taking the number of those infected with the virus
to 3273, Health Ministry officials said in Delhi. PTI Team
SDE


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