Indore: The toll due to the deadly H1N1
virus in last 33 days has risen to 13 in the city today with
the death of a woman from swine flu here.
Fifty-nine-year-old Shakuntla Utgiriye, from the
neighbouring Ratlam district, died of swine flu in a local
private hospital during treatment late last night, Health
Department sources said.
During the laboratory test reports, swab samples of
Utgiriye were found positive for H1N1 virus, they said adding
that she was undergoing treatment for the swine flu since
January 10 in that hospital.
With her death, the swine flu toll rose to 13 in the
city in the last 33 days, sources said.
Meanwhile, a 35-year-old woman, who had been admitted
to the Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital yesterday, also died
today with symptoms synonymous to swine flu during treatment,
they said.
Her swab samples have been sent to Jabalpur for
testing and only after receiving the report, it could be found
whether she died of swine flu or not, sources said.
-PTI
First Published: Monday, January 18, 2010, 22:58