India’s swine flu toll 1337
POSTED February 23, 2010 - 15:34 | POSTED BY Kangna Agarwal
Last edited by Harpreet Bhagrath on February 23, 2010 - 15:44
Of these, three deaths were reported from Maharashtra while one death each was reported from the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Three of the deaths were reported yesterday, while the remaining two causalities had occurred earlier and were confirmed by the respective state's health authorities on the same day.
Number of latest infections across the nation
According to official sources, 32 indigenous cases of the contagion were confirmed on Monday.
The fresh cases of the swine flu infection reported across different parts of the country were as follows: 22 in Maharashtra, three in Karnataka, two each in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and one in Kerala.
With the latest cases coming to light, the total number of positive cases of H1N1 confirmed by both the government and private laboratories across the nation has risen to 29,522.
State-wise death count
In the state of Maharashtra--the epicenter of swine flu outbreak in India--354 people lost their battle with swine flu, the highest death count in the country so far.
Meanwhile, 276 people succumbed to the lethal influenza in Gujarat, 186 in Rajasthan, and 146 in Karnataka.
The total swine flu deaths in other states are as follows: 95 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 39 in Punjab, 38 in Haryana, 37 in Kerala, 26 in Madhya Pradesh, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Uttarakhand, 11 in Chhattisgarh, eight each in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, seven in Tamil Nadu, six in Puducherry, five in Goa, four in Jammu & Kashmir, three in Orissa, two in Assam, and one each in Mizoram and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Global swine flu toll
According to World Health Organization (WHO), the global swine flu death toll has crossed the 16,000 mark.
"As of 14 February 2010, worldwide more than 212 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 15,921 deaths," according to the WHO's latest update on swine flu.
However, overall pandemic swine flu activity continues to decline in most parts of the countries, especially in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere of the world, the WHO said.
