Pune/Dehradun: As the country battled
swine flu, the pandemic took the lives of two men and a woman
in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, raising the nationwide toll to
102 even as 128 more tested positive for the virus in various
states.
42-year-old Vilas Padale and 26-year-old Anil Nikam
died due to flu infection at separate private hospitals in
Pune last night, officials said on Monday.
They said as many as 15 patients, currently undergoing
treatment for the viral disease, were in critical condition in
various hospitals in worst-hit Pune, where 31 people have
succumbed to the disease.
35-year-old Rubina, a resident of Mussoorie, who was
suffering from cold, cough and fever for the last five days,
died in Doon Hospital last night, nodal officer for swine flu
in Uttarakhand Pankaj Jain said. Her throat swab samples have
been sent for test, he said.
With the three casualties, the countrywide toll has
risen to 102. Maharashtra now accounts for 53 fatalities
including 10 in Mumbai, eight in Nashik, two in Aurangabad and
one each in Dhule and Latur.
As many as 26 flu deaths have taken place in Karnataka,
eight in Gujarat, three each in Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and
Delhi and two in Uttarakhand and one each in Kerala, Goa,
Rajasthan and Haryana.
Meanwhile, swine flu cases continued to swell across
the country with 128 more testing positive for the infection,
taking the total number of flu cases till yesterday to 3,881,
the Health Ministry said in Delhi.
Bureau Report
