Swine flu toll rises to four in Bengal

Kolkata: The swine flu toll Sunday rose to four in West Bengal with the death of a two and half-year-old girl at a hospital here, an official said.

Baby Tarannum, who was admitted to the BC Roy Children's Hospital earlier this month died Sunday morning. So far four swine flu deaths have occurred in the state," Principal Secretary (health and family welfare) Moloy Dey said.

So far 63 patients have been tested positive for the H1N1 virus in the state.

All the four deaths, including two at the BC Roy Hospital, where the state government has created a ward especially for swine flu patients, were recorded from Kolkata.