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Mon, 12/28/2009 - 23:59
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Two more swine flu deaths, 124 new cases
New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI) Two more persons succumbed to
swine flu Monday even as 124 fresh cases were reported across
India, with national capital Delhi topping the list.
The deaths were reported from Maharashtra and Assam. With
today's deaths, the total number of people who have succumbed
to the disease in the country has touched 880.
Of the 124 fresh cases reported today, the national
capital accounted for a whopping 66 cases, followed by
Gujarat (17) and Haryana (12), the health ministry said.
The total number of those afflicted by the disease has
reached 25,236.
Out of the 124 cases reported during the day, two have
history of foreign travel and the rest are indigenous cases.
Till Sunday, samples of 10,09,498 people have been
tested for swine flu in government laboratories and a few
private laboratories across the country and 23 per cent of
them have been found positive. PTI SPC
DDC