Ahmedabad: Five more persons have succumbed
to swine flu in the state, taking the toll due to the deadly
virus in Gujarat to 203, health officials said.
Four persons - Mitalben Narnabhai, 18, Rajkot, Meena
Kapadia, 75, and Rajesh Patel, 51, Ahmedabad and Anishben
Ghori, 25, Bhavnagar - died of the infection today.
Hitendra Parmar (49) died in Vadodara yesterday, they
said.
Meanwhile, 16 fresh swine flu cases were reported from
Ahmedabad, Surat, Amreli, Rajkot and Jamnagar. So far, 1,084
people have tested positive for swine flu in the state, the
officials added.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 00:21