New Delhi: Swine flu cases crossed the
500-mark in the country with 11 more people, including four in
the national capital, testing positive for the virus today.
"With the 11 fresh cases, the total number of cases has
risen to 509. Out of this, 365 patients have been discharged.
Rest of them remains admitted to identified health
facilities," Health Ministry officials said.
Besides the four fresh cases in Delhi, three cases are
reported from Pune, two from Kozhikode and one each from Kochi
and Hyderabad.
In the national capital, three cases -- two girls aged
seven and a 12-year-old boy -- contracted through the
human-to-human transmission mode while the fourth case is of a
12-year-old boy who travelled from Muscat and reached Delhi on
July 28.
All three cases in Pune -- two girls and a boy aged 11
years -- are contacts of previously reported swine flu cases.
Out of the two cases in Kozhikode, one case is that of a
31-year-old man who reached the southern city from Georgia on
July 24. Another 31-year-old man, who travelled from Singapore
and reached Kozhikode on 28 July 2009, was the second case
reported from this city.
In Kochi, a 20-year-old man who reached this port town
from Singapore on July 22 tested positive while the case in
Hyderabad was that of a five-year-old boy who is a contact of
a previously reported case.
Bureau Report
