Ahmedabad: Five more deaths caused by
Swine flu were today reported in the state, taking the death
toll to 163, while 13 new positive cases were also reported
from various centres in the state.
According to officials of the state health department,
today two people died of Swine flu, a 58-year-old Ilaben
Gajjar at the civil hospital here and a six-month-boy Jigar
Govindbhai at PDU hospital Rajkot.
Moreover, three persons who died yesterday but were
reported today are, Nazar Hussai Somsara (26), at civil
hospital while Himanshubhai 14, and a 28-year-old woman Kiran
Hasmukhbhai, both at PDU hospital in Rajkot had succumbed to
the infectious disease caused by H1N1 virus.
Health department officials said that today new cases
of Swine flu were reported from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bhuj,
Amreli, Palanpur, Vadodara and Rajkot.
So far 914 positive cases of Swine flu have been
reported by the health authorities while 163 patients have
succumbed to the disease.
Of 163 who died, eight persons were from Rajasthan and
had come here for treatment.
-PTI
First Published: Monday, January 11, 2010, 23:35