Rajasthan - 98 fatalities this wave, total 296

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 28

Swine flu claims yet another life in Rajasthan
STAFF WRITER 21:1 HRS IST
Jaipur, Nov 19 (PTI) One person died of swine flu in Bikaner today pushing the number of victims claimed by the virus across Rajasthan to 30 even as 63 more people including 26 children tested positive for the pandemic in the state.

"A 42-year-old man Radheyshyam who had tested positive for the disease and was hospitalized in Bikaner died today," a health official said here tonight.

Sixty three persons including 26 children have tested positive for the virus taking the number of positive cases registered so far in the state to 985, he said.

Meanwhile, the Cooperative department in Rajasthan has decided to make swine flu medicines available on 36 cooperative shops across the state.

http://ptinews.com/news/385295_Swine-flu-claims-yet-another-life-in-Rajasthan

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 29

Ro's note: I have not seen death #29 reported anywhere, but both pti and toi are now reporting a total of 30.

One more flu death in city, 63 more test positive
TNN 20 November 2009, 06:04am IST
JAIPUR: The swine flu death toll in the state rose to 30 with one more death being confirmed in Jaipur on Thursday. With 63 more people testing positive, including 46 children, the total number of swine flu patients in the state has reached 985.

"A 42-year-old man from Bikaner, who was admitted to a private hospital here, died on Thursday," said a health official. Of the 63 new cases, 36 were from Jaipur, followed by Jodhpur with 18, Kota seven and two from Ajmer.

The latest death took the casualty figure in Jaipur to 14 whereas the total positive cases in the city has reached 791 which is the highest in the state followed by Jodhpur with 108 positive cases and 11 casualties.

Meanwhile, the government has asked 19 more educational institutes to close for the next seven days as some students of these schools were tested positive. Altogether, 30 students were tested positive on Thursday. Of the 985 positive cases so far, a whopping 618 are below 15 years with the age group of 6-15 being the most vulnerable with 450 positive cases.

The health department, on the other hand, increased the number of screenings to check the spread of the disease. "We have aggressively started the screening process and all these units have been provided with adequate dose of medication," said a top health official. Meanwhile, the co-operative medicinal stores in the state have made arrangements for the sale of swine flu medicines at subsidized rates.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/One-more-flu-death-in-city-63-more-test-positive/articleshow/5249431.cms

[Roehl_JC]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 30

JAIPUR: A single day?s screening of flu suspects across Rajasthan has proved what most had been suspecting for long: that many more had been infected by H1N1 than had been reported.

Screening by doctors of 28,029 patients with flu symptoms at 713 centres across Rajasthan on November 16 showed that 3,911 (or 14% of those screened) had influenza, and of them 3,842 probably had swine flu. This was based on symptoms and not actual tests, whose reports would take some more time to come.

Compare this with the total confirmed cases so far: till Tuesday, 856 had tested positive. Whereas in just one day, almost four times that number ? 3,842 ? were detected with possible H1N1. Even allowing for a margin of error, this is a huge number, and only shows how alarmingly the virus has spread.

But there?s a silver lining. Of the 3,842 detected, 3,800 (99%) cases were in put in Category A, the mildest form of the disease. These people would not even need Tamiflu and would recover with standard flu drugs. But 40 (1.05%) were put in Category B, which would require Tamiflu, and 2 in the high-risk Category C, which requires immediate hospitalisation. (See box.)

?This data suggests that the situation is bad but not out of control. Effective management and planning can help us tackle the situation with fewer casualties. Most are preliminary cases and can be treated without Tamiflu and isolation as perceived,? a top health department official said. He added that even a healthy person might be carrying the virus within him or her, but it may not be active for a long time. ?All cases are not critical and people should understand that,? he added.

In Jaipur, the screening reports indicate that of the 2030 people screened on November 16, 158 (7.7%) showed symptoms of influenza. Further, the cases of category A were 156, indicating that they were preliminary cases and not fatal ones. There were just one case each of category B and C in the city on Monday, for which this data is available.
In the last couple of days, the health department has increased the number of screening centres across the state, taking the number up to 713. There are 59 such centres in Jaipur.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Flu-Spreads-At-Alarming-Pace/articleshow/5241855.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 30

Three die of swine flu in Rajasthan
STAFF WRITER 21:26 HRS IST
Jaipur, Nov 20 (PTI) Three persons, including two women and a child, today died due to swine flu in Rajasthan, taking the toll due to H1N1 virus in the state to 33, according to an official spokesman.

Santosh (34), Shahnaz Bano (25) died of swine flu today in Jodhpur, O P Gupta, Director (Public Health) said.

Divya Jain (10) who was admitted to a Udaipur hospital on November 8 also died, Gupta said.

Meanwhile, 42 persons including 14 children were tested positive of H1N1 virus across the state, he said, adding the total number of positive cases has risen to 1027.

http://ptinews.com/news/387018_Three-die-of-swine-flu-in-Rajasthan

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 33

The missing #29. A fatality (without details) was confirmed Nov 18.

and from a news report Nov 17:
"Another suspected patient Gautam today died in Jodhpur. His swab sample report is awaited."

http://www.3dsyndication.com/showarticle.aspx?nid=DNJAI11381

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 33

Two more swine flu deaths in Rajasthan
STAFF WRITER 21:38 HRS IST
Jaipur, Nov 22 (PTI) Two more persons succumbed to the swine flu in Rajasthan, taking the total number of fatalities from H1N1 virus in the state to 36.
Jodhpur resident Dariya Devi, aged 22, and 34-year-old Banwant Singh, hailing from Jaipur, were the latest victims of the swine flu, a state health department official said.

Both succumbed to the illness overnight, he said adding 52 more, including 20 children, had tested positive for H1NI.

So far, over 1,100 people have contracted the disease in the state, the official said.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/389257_Two-more-swine-flu-deaths-in-Rajasthan

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 36

45 test H1N1 positive in Rajasthan

Jaipur: As many as 45 persons including 15 children have been tested positive of H1N1 virus across Rajasthan.

Of 45 positive cases, 26 were from Jaipur, six from Jodhpur, five each from Kota and Udaipur, and three from Ajmer, a Medical and Health department official said.

In the state so far, 37 persons succumbed to the virus, while 1,170 were tested positive, the official added.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/25/stories/2009112557530300.htm

[Roehl_JC]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 38

Jaipur, Nov 27 (PTI) Thirty-eight more people were today found infected with swine flu in Rajasthan, a medical official said here.

Of these, 18 were diagnosed in Jaipur, 14 in Jodhpur, and two each in Ajmer, Udaipur and Bikaner, he said.

So far, 38 people died due to H1N1 virus in the state and 1,396 tested positive for the deadly disease.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/397806_38-swine-flu-cases-in-Raj

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 38

Swine flu claims 3 more lives in Rajasthan

STAFF WRITER 21:25 HRS IST
Jaipur, Nov 28 (PTI) Three more persons, including a woman, succumbed to swine flu in Rajasthan today pushing the death toll due to the disease to 42 in the state, official sources said.

Thirty two others, including 15 children, were tested positive of the virus in the state.

Ramesh (50) of Sikar district and Fatima (38) of Nagaur district died in SMS Hospital here while Gopal Sharma (38) died in Bikaner, an official of state Medical and Health Department said.

So far, 42 people have died due to swine flu and 1,429 were tested positive, he added.

http://ptinews.com/news/398694_Swine-flu-claims-3-more-lives-in-Rajasthan

[Roehl_JC]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 42

Jaipur, Nov 28 (PTI) Three more persons, including a woman, succumbed to swine flu in Rajasthan today pushing the death toll due to the disease to 42 in the state, official sources said.

Thirty two others, including 15 children, were tested positive of the virus in the state.

Ramesh (50) of Sikar district and Fatima (38) of Nagaur district died in SMS Hospital here while Gopal Sharma (38) died in Bikaner, an official of state Medical and Health Department said.

So far, 42 people have died due to swine flu and 1,429 were tested positive, he added.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/398694_Swine-flu-claims-3-more-lives-in-Rajasthan

comment: RoRo are we missing 1?

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 42

On the face of it 38 + 3 = 41, so it would seem that there is one fatality unidentified. Tomorrow's newspaper editions will start becoming available at around 6pm EST.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 42

Swine flu claims two more lives in Rajasthan
STAFF WRITER 21:13 HRS IST
Jaipur, Dec 1 (PTI) Two more persons, including a girl, today succumbed to swine flu in Rajasthan, taking the number of fatalities from H1N1 virus to 49 in the state.

Daulat Singh, aged 24, and 20-year-old Kamla, afflicted with the disease, died in Jaipur and Jodhpur respectively, O P Gupta, Director of the State Medical and Health department, said.

Thirty-five more tested positive for the illness raising the number of those contracting the infection to 1595, he said.

http://ptinews.com/news/403164_Swine-flu-claims-two-more-lives-in-Rajasthan

Ro's note: 6 fatalities without details were recorded in the national status updates of Nov 29 and 30.

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 49

Swine flu kills two more in Rajasthan

STAFF WRITER 20:45 HRS IST
Jaipur, Dec 2 (PTI) Swine flu claimed two more lives in Rajasthan today pushing the statewide toll in the pandemic to 54.

While a 20-year-old girl died in Ajmer, a man in his 30s died here, a health official said tonight.

Forty nine fresh cases of H1N1 influenza were also registered in Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Udaipur and Bikaner.

A total of 1644 persons have tested positive for the virus so far in the state.

http://ptinews.com/news/404900_Swine-flu-kills-two-more-in-Rajasthan

[Roehl_JC]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 57

New Delhi: Six swine flu deaths, three of them in Rajasthan alone, were reported Friday, taking the toll from influenza A (H1N1) virus in India to 606, health authorities said here.

Also, a record 290 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious flu to 19,162.

With the three deaths, the toll in Rajasthan has gone up to 57. Two deaths were also reported from the national capital, taking the total toll in the Indian capital to 28.


One death was reported from Gujarat, taking the number of deaths due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the state to 47.


Meanwhile, Delhi reported 186 cases of swine flu Friday -- the highest for a single day - taking the number of people affected with the virus to 5,603. The national capital Thursday reported 176 cases of swine flu.


The number of people affected with the virus in Delhi is now the highest in the country.


'Two deaths were reported today (Friday). A 40-year-old woman, who was a resident of Guru Ramdas Nagar, died in Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital,' Anjana Prakash, state's assistant nodal officer for swine flu cases, told IANS.


'Another woman died in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. She was 60 years old and was a resident of Janakpuri. Both did not have any travel history. Both of them came late to the hospital and were already suffering from severe respiratory problems,' she added.


'Till date, samples from 90,068 people have been tested for Influenza A (H1N1) in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 19,162 of them have been found positive,' said a statement issued here.


New cases were also reported from Rajasthan (47), Maharashtra (20), Haryana (34), Uttar Pradesh (16), Tamil Nadu (14) and West Bengal (1).

http://sify.com/news/indias-swine-fl...evEbijjha.html

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Rajasthan - Toll 57

Flu toll 61 in state, 1st victim in Bhilwara
TNN 5 December 2009, 04:45am ISTText Size:|Topics:Jaipur
Swine flu

JAIPUR: With the first death case reported in the Bhilwara and sixth in Nagaur district due to H1N1, this global pandemic is gradually moving towards the smaller towns in the state. The death tally in state has jumped to 61 on Friday, with 49 positive cases, including 29 in Jaipur. The number of schoolchildren down with swine flu is reported as 16.

Both the patients include a male from Bhilwara and a female from Nagaur aged 40 were admitted on December 1 breathed last in SMS Hospital on Friday. So far, 61 death cases have been reported in 15 districts in the state. Sawai Madhopur, Dholpur, Sirohi and Dungarpur are the only left out districts in the state where no positive case has been reported.

Even number of educational institutes with positive cases have been rising everyday. On Friday, seven new institutes, including one college of pharmacy in Sitapura have reported a positive case. Some of these schools have decided to shut down.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Flu-toll-61-in-state-1st-victim-in-Bhilwara/articleshow/5303280.cms