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Ahmedabad: With two more swine flu deaths reported in the state on Monday, the death toll due to the H1N1 virus infection reached 400 from January to September 11, said an official statement of the state government. The state reported 74 new swine flu cases on Monday, taking the total …
LUCKNOW: The number of positive swine flu cases reported in Lucknow on Sunday crossed the 2000th mark with 44 new cases of influenza A H1N1 tested positive on the day. The tally of positive swine flu patients since January until now in Lucknow alone reached 2008 cases and 13 positive …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Sunday reported three deaths and 107 new cases of swine flu. With this, total number of swine flu mortalities reached 398 this year and 6,416 cases has been reported so far. The state government claimed that 2,774 patients have been cured in last 15 days and 5,476 …
Pregnant women must take special care during this season as they are immune compromised and susceptible. Hyderabad: Two hundred and sixty five cases of swine flu have been detected state-wide since August 1, 2017, a sudden increase that should be taken seriously by public health authorities. Those suffering from diabetes, …
"The H1N1 virus claimed 44 lives in the state so far since July 1 this year while 226 positive cases of swine flu were found during this period," said Dr K L Sahu. Swine flu has claimed 44 lives in Madhya Pradesh with five patients each succumbing to the deadly …
Vadodara: Swine flu claimed three more lives in the city on Wednesday. The deceased include one from the city, one from neighbouring Padra taluka and one from Dahod district. A 72-year-old woman residing in the Gajrawadi area of the city died at the BAPS Hospital in the Akshar Chowk area …
NEW DELHI: The death toll due to swine flu at Safdarjung Hospital touched 15, with the death of two more patients. Sources said a 24-year-old man from Muzaffarpur and a 62-year-old woman from Aligarh succumbed to the disease recently. "Both were referred cases. Our doctors tried their best to save …
JAIPUR: Hopes of a visual impaired persons having corneal blindness of getting vision dashed as another potential eye donor died of dengue. When eye bank officials reached 45-year-old person to retrieve his cornea after his death in Vallabh Nagar in Kota, the team had to return empty handed."Not everyone can …
With five new cases, the total number of positive cases in the state increased to 355 out of 1089 swab samples, said the Odisha health department statement. The death toll in the swine flu death in Odisha on Wednesday rose to 41 with one woman succumbing to H1N1 virus, official …
HYDERABAD: The newly-mutated `Michigan' strain of the H1N1virus, detected in the city two months ago, has left 70 people (largely in and around the city) infected over a span of a week. And with experts identifying the mid-winter period as the peak swine flu season, they fear that the worst …
MUMBAI: A frantic 73-day battle to save the life of a Chembur man ended last week after he succumbed to complications arising out H1N1 influenza at Jaslok Hospital. A cost of Rs 71 lakh was incurred in treating the 42-year-old man, who remained hospitalized for nearly two-and-half months to fight …
AHMEDABAD: Amid the state government's claim of producing good results in curbing swine flu, the deadly H1N1 virus on Monday took five lives across the state taking the death toll to 373 this year. Alarmingly, three out of four deaths were reported from the city. According to the state government …
Vadodara: Swine flu claimed three more lives in the city on Monday. A 57-year-old manfrom Diwalipura and a 64-year-old woman from Fatehpura succumbed to the viral infection. Health officials also confirmed death of a 35-year-old woman from Tad Faliya area of Dahod at SSG hospital. With this, the death toll …
The experts have attributed the rise of swine flu cases to a change in the virus’ strain. Mumbai: The number of swine flu deaths and cases in Maharashtra have risen sharply this year as compared to 2016, according to the state health ministry data. While the state witnessed only 25 …
Four districts including Kota, Bundi, Jhalawar and Baran fall under Kota zone, Choudhary said. Seven fresh cases of swine flu, five from Kota district, one each from Bundi and Baran districts, were reported today, he said. The death toll due to swine flu today rose to 11 in Kota zone …
BHUBANESWAR: A 45-year-old man admitted in Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Sambalpur, died of swine flu on Tuesday, taking the H1N1 toll in the state to 30 so far, official sources said. Fourteen more people (nine men and five women) tested positive for H1N1, taking the …
LUCKNOW: Swine flu has claimed one more life in the city .The 45-year-old man, a resident of Thakurganj, died at KGMU trauma centre on Tuesday . Ironically, his report confirming that he had tested to swine flu came on Wednesday . This was the 12th swine flu death in the …
Bhopal: Swine flu has claimed 23 lives in Madhya Pradesh since July and infected at least 115 people. More than 550 people are suspected to have contracted the disease, but MoS-health Sharad Jain had this to say on Wednesday: "Only God can be blamed for H1N1 deaths." What's worrying is …
LUCKNOW: Four deaths of patients tested swine flu positive were reported from the state on Tuesday along with 111 new positive cases on the day. With this the tally of positive influenza A H1N1 cases reached 2,473 since January and the death toll since then till August 29, reached 61. …
Those attending to patients & sanitation staff who are at risk to get priority The Health Department has made available immunisation vaccines against swine flu to high-risk employees who generally attend to suspected and confirmed cases of swine flu coming to the health facilties in the district for treatment. The …
