swine flu pandemic

With two more lives being snuffed out Thursday, the death toll in the nation has reached 1,385 so far.

Both these deaths reported from Maharashtra had occurred in the recent days but were confirmed by the respective state's health authorities yesterday.

There has been no record of any fatalities on the day itself.

Number of latest infections across the nation
According to the official sources, 18 indigenous cases of the contagion were confirmed on Thursday, including 16 in Maharashtra and two in Karnataka.

Of these, three deaths were reported from Gujarat yesterday while one death each was reported from the states of Maharashtra and New Delhi.

Three of the deaths were reported Wednesday, 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, 46 indigenous cases of the contagion were confirmed on Monday.

Of these fatalities, four deaths were reported from Chattisgarh, while Maharashtra accounted for two deaths and a single fatality was reported in Gujarat.

Latest cases of the contagion
The highly infectious virus continued to circulate unabated and inflicted 39 persons on the same day, taking the tally of laboratory confirmed cases to 28,551 in the country.