Swine flu claims three lives in Pune; toll rises to 52

Pune: Three more persons have died of swine flu here, taking the death toll in the viral infection in the city to 52, health officials said Friday.

The three who died last night in different hospitals were Prabhakar Gawde (38), Naresh Bhatia (35) and Sagar Bhalerao (7), hospital sources said.
In many cases, the test results for the infection were coming after the death of the patients as National Institute of Virology (NIV) was coping with an increasing number of samples.

Bureau Report