Four more fatalities bring India's total to 298

[Commonground]

New Delhi, Sep 26 : Five more swine flu deaths - four in Karnataka and one in Andhra Pradesh - were reported Saturday, taking India's toll due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus to 290, health authorities said here.

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</td></tr></tbody></table> Three more suspected swine flu deaths have been reported from Andhra Pradesh, but officials said they were awaiting the laboratory reports for confirmation.

Meanwhile, 208 fresh swine flu cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people infected with the flu to 9,492.

The fresh cases were reported from Delhi (66), Tamil Nadu (32), Maharashtra (32), Andhra Pradesh (24), Karnataka (18), Kerala (13) and Haryana (13).

Globally, a total of 3,917 people have died of H1N1 since the outbreak of the viral disease in April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a latest update.

Of all the deaths, 2,948 occurred in the Americas, followed by 362 deaths in the West Pacific region. The other four WHO regional offices in Southeast Asia, Europe, East Mediterranean and Africa reported 340, 154, 72 and 41 deaths respectively.



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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Five more deaths take India's swine flu toll to 290

Re: Five more deaths take India's swine flu toll to 290

Four more swine flu deaths, toll touches 298

STAFF WRITER 22:10 HRS IST
New Delhi, Sept 27 (PTI) Four swine flu-related deaths were reported across the country today while another four suspected deaths were confirmed as having caused by the pandemic, taking the countrywide toll to 298.

Also, 189 fresh swine flu cases were confirmed today during lab tests. Of these, four cases are imported while the others are indigenous.

Of the four deaths, Karnataka reported two while one person each died in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh due to the viral infection.

The health departments of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat governments confirmed two earlier deaths each as caused by swine flu.

With the latest reports, the all-India cumulative swine flu death figure has reached 298 while lab confirmed total cases for swine flu now stand at 9,694.

Government sources said a total of 38,224 passengers were screened for swine flu at 22 airports across the country today.
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