New Delhi: Two more persons succumbed to
swine flu today even as 124 fresh cases were reported
nationwide, with 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 yesterday, 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
