India’s swine flu deaths touch 1229
POSTED February 1, 2010 - 16:21 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal
Last edited by Kangna Agarwal on February 1, 2010 - 16:45
Two of the fatalities reported yesterday were from the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The cumulative total however, reflects six earlier deaths, including five from Gujarat and the one from Maharashtra which were confirmed by the respective states Sunday.
Swine flu update in Gujarat
With the latest casualties, the number of people falling prey to the lethal virus touched 236 in the state today. This also included eight persons who hailed from Rajasthan but had come to Gujarat for treatment.
In addition, 21 cases of infections related to H1N1 surfaced which included five infants. With this, the number of affected people rose to 1,261 in the state.
The health officials disclosed that the new infections were reported from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Anand, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
H1N1 death toll state-wise
Maharashtra bearing the brunt of the virus accounted for the highest number of dead numbering 317. Meanwhile, 176 succumbed to the disease in Rajasthan, 141 in Karnataka, 93 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 38 in Punjab, 36 each in Kerala and Haryana.
In the remaining states, 22 lives were lost in Madhya Pradesh, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Uttarakhand, 8 each in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 each in Chhattisgarh and Puducherry, 5 in Goa, 4 in Jammu & Kashmir, 3 in Orissa, 2 in Assam and 1 each in Mizoram and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Number of infections across the nation
According to official sources, 35 indigenous cases were confirmed from the different states during the day. These comprised 20 infections in Maharashtra, five each in Gujarat and Karnataka, two each in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and one in Delhi.
To date, samples from 1,23,079 persons have been tested for swine flu by both Government and private laboratories through out the nation with 28,810 of them testing positive.
WHO update on swine flu
According to the latest update by the World Health Organization (WHO), H1N1 related deaths have risen to at least 14,711, up 569 from a week ago.
Americans have been the hardest hit, reporting at least 7,166 deaths while Europe has recorded at least 3,429 fatalities.
In addition, around 2,981 people have died from the influenza in east Asia and west Pacific region.
