Tracking deaths in Kerala (total 121)

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Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

Three more flu deaths in State

Staff Reporter



Thiruvananthapuram: Two persons from Kollam district died of influenza A(H1N1) on Saturday, while one death reported on Friday from Pathanamthitta was confirmed as caused by the flu. Twenty-five more cases of the infection were reported in the State.

While six fresh cases were reported from Malappuram, five each were confirmed in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam and three each from Pathanamthitta and Thrissur. Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kannur reported one case each.

Nisha, 21, a native of Kakode in Punalur died at the Government Medical College Hospital on Saturday. Pappan Mathew, 70, from Karimthottuva, Kollam, died at Holy Cross Hospital, Kottiyam. Anish, 29, hailing from Mezhuveli, Pathanamthitta, died at Pushpagiri Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/20/stories/2010062051480400.htm

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Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

A(H1N1) claims three more lives

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: The Influenza A (H1N1) infection has claimed three more lives in the State, taking the total death toll during the second spell of the infection to 25. All three deaths were reported from Thiruvananthapuram

The deaths, confirmed as due to H1N1, are of Sreelakshmi (29), of Kazhakuttam, who died at the Medical College hospital here on June 18; Mini Rajesh (34) of Pallikkal who died on June 19 at Gokulam Medical College and Simi (22) of Edava, who had been pregnant and who died while under treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram MCH.

Thirty new cases of H1N1 were also confirmed in the State on Sunday.

These include 12 cases reported from Thiruvananthapuram, six from Kozhikode, two each from Kollam, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Wayanad, three cases from Malappuram and one case from Idukki.

Teacher dies of dengue

Staff Reporter writes from Kozhikode: A 36-year old schoolteacher, C.B. Sirajudheen, died of suspected dengue fever at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Sunday. Sirajudheen, a teacher at Kongallur ALP School, had been undergoing treatment at various private hospitals for the past four days.

However, officials of the District Health Department said that they were yet to confirm the exact cause of death.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/21/stories/2010062156420400.htm

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Cases and fatalities in Kerala up to June 14th. Newspaper reports are currently putting the number of confirmed cases at above 200 and the number of fatalities in June at 20+. Next national surveillence update is on Tuesday Morning. There is no doubt that Kerala is undergoing a significant H1N1 outbreak.

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A(H1N1) claims one life

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: Twenty-three new cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection and one death were confirmed in the State on Monday.

Ram, 42, of Punalur, who died at the Medical College Hospital here on Monday while under treatment for fever, myalgia, breathlessness and jaundice, was confirmed as H1N1 positive. Of the new H1N1 cases confirmed, three each are from Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kasaragod, six from Thrissur, and two each from Alappuzha, Kollam, Malappuram and Kozhikode.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062257020400.htm

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Consolidated Status data for Kerala up to June 20th;

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7 cases of swine flu confirmed

Staff Reporter

Thrissur: Seven cases of A(H1N1) influenza were confirmed in Thrissur district on Monday.

Three of the patients were admitted to the District Hospital here and the rest to private hospitals, health officials said. Of the patients, three are women.

In all, 23 cases of H1N1 influenza have been reported in the district so far.

A case each of dengue fever and typhoid were also reported.

Girl dies of fever

A girl died of suspected fever at a private hospital here on Monday. Five-year-old Sreenanda, a first standard student in a school in Potta, was admitted to a hospital in Chalakudy last Thursday when she ran a temperature. When the fever did not subside, she was shifted to a hospital in Thrissur city, relatives said.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062256890300.htm

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Just waiting on an English version of this story, but I think there have been 2 more fatalities reported today;

H1N1: തൃശൂരില്* 2 മരണം
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

തൃശൂര്*

എച്ച് 1 എന്* 1 ബാധിച്ചു തൃശൂര്* ജില്ലയില്* രണ്ടുപേര്* മരിച്ചു. പനിയെത്തുടര്*ന്നു ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്ന യുവാവും യുകെജി വിദ്യാര്*ഥിനിയുമാണു മരിച്ചത്.

പനമുക്ക് താഴത്തെക്കാട്ടില്* വീട്ടില്* സുബിന്* (35), ചെന്ത്രാപ്പിന്നി പോത്താംപറമ്പില്* ശശിധരന്*റെ മകള്* നന്ദന (4) എന്നിവരാണു മരിച്ചത്.

നെടുപുഴ മേഖലയില്* എച്ച് 1 എന്* 1 പ്രതിരോധപ്രവര്*ത്തനങ്ങള്* ഊര്*ജിതമാക്കി.

പൊലീസ് അക്കാഡമിയില്* 478 പേര്*ക്കു പനി ബാധിച്ചു. അക്കാഡമിയിലെ ട്രെയ്നിങ് അഞ്ചുദിവസത്തേക്കു നിര്*ത്തിവച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

ഒരു പൊലീസുകാരന് എച്ച്1എന്*1 സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. മറ്റൊരു പൊലീസുകാരന്*റെ സ്രവം പരിശോധനയ്ക്ക് അയച്ചു. ഇന്ന് അഞ്ചു പൊലീസുകാരുടെ കൂടി സ്രവം പരിശോധനയ്ക്ക് അയക്കുമെന്നു ജില്ലാ ആരോഗ്യവകുപ്പ് അധികൃതര്* അറിയിച്ചു.

http://www.metrovaartha.com/2010/06/23012542/H1N1-2-KILLED-20100623.html

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Confirmation of 1 of the above.

One person dies of H1N1 fever in Thrissur district

Thrissur, Tuesday, June 22, 2010: One person has died of H1N1 fever in Thrissur district today. The deceased has been identified as Subin (35 years).

Subin is a resident of Panamukku in Thrissur district. The death toll due to the spread of fever in State has increased.

Earlier report: -

Twenty-three new cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection and one death were confirmed in the State.

Ram, 42, of Punalur, who died at the Medical College Hospital here on Monday while under treatment for fever, myalgia, breathlessness and jaundice, was confirmed as H1N1 positive.

Of the new H1N1 cases confirmed, three each are from Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kasaragod, six from Thrissur, and two each from Alappuzha, Kollam, Malappuram and Kozhikode.

http://www.asianetindia.com/news/person-dies-h1n1-fever-thrissur-district_166603.html

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H1N1 Suspected Vilvattom BPHC, Kerala Police Accadamy, Ramavarmapuram, Thrissur
Cases: 478 Fatalities: 0 Outbreak: 20/06/2010 Report: 22/06/2010 Population: 2000
Notes: Not Known 2 swabs collected One positive, one result awaiting Quarantine & Treatment of Cases, Chemoprophylaxis, Health Education Investigation Open Area is under surveillance. No more cases reported today.

http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/newreport/DOB/Disease_outbreak_3day_report.jsp

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Confirmation of second fatality from #52.

Two swine flu deaths in Thrissur
A four-year-old girl and a 35-year-old youth succumbed to A(H1N1) influenza in Thrissur on Monday night. The deceased have been identified as Nandana, daughter of Pothamparambil Sasidharan of Chentrappinni; and Thazhathekattil Subin of Panamukku. Both were undergoing treatment at private hospitals in the district. Three more persons tested positive for A(H1N1) influenza in the district. Meanwhile, treatment for swine flu started for 478 trainees at the Kerala Police Academy as many of them started showing flu-like symptoms, health officials said. In all, 2676 cases of viral fever and 214 cases of diarrhoea reported in the district on Tuesday.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article481855.ece

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Thiruvananthapuram, June 24, 2010
48 new cases of H1N1
The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 has been soaring in the State in the past two days with 48 new cases being reported on Wednesday. On Tuesday, 43 persons had been confirmed as H1N1 positive. Almost 70 per cent of the throat swabs being sent for analysis now are turning out to be positive cases, according to official figures. Two deaths which were reported on Tuesday were confirmed on Wednesday as due to H1N1. ? Staff Reporter

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article483597.ece

Comment: The deaths referred to are probably those of Nandana and Subin

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3 more fever deaths in State

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: Three more persons, including a 10-year-old and a pregnant woman, have succumbed to Influenza A(H1N1) infection in the State, taking the death toll due to the viral infection in its second spell to 31.

On Thursday, 41 persons were newly detected to be H1N1 positive in the State.

The deaths confirmed as due to H1N1 are that of Afeefa, 19, of Vadakara, Kozhikode, who died at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on June 24; Sojan, 10, son of E.M. Chacko, Kalaparambil, Idukki, who died on June 22 at the Kottayam Medical College; and Jyothi, 25, of Kalladikkode, Palakkad, who had been pregnant and who died at the Mannarkadu taluk hospital on June 22 while under treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/25/stories/2010062559600400.htm

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49 new cases of H1N1 in State

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forty-nine more cases of H1N1 influenza were confirmed in the State on Friday. The pandemic virus, in its second spell (from May), has resulted in 553 cases so far, including 31 deaths, 12 of whom were pregnant or post-natal women. The cases confirmed on Friday included 11 from Thiruvananthapuram, nine from Kasaragod, eight from Malappuram, six from Thrissur, four each from Ernakulam and Kozhikode, three from Kollam, two from Kannur and one case each from Kottayam and Wayanad.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/26/stories/2010062654560600.htm

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Thiruvananthapuram, 25th June: Special assemblies were held in schools in the district on Saturday to create awareness among schoolchildren on H1N1 infection and to help them to be on the alert against the disease.

Assemblies were held as part of the district health administration's initiative to intensify awareness campaigns on H1N1 and to raise the level of alertness among school authorities, children and their parents so that a possible infection could be averted or taken care of in the early stages itself.

The formal inauguration of the special programme on H1N1 in schools was inaugurated at the Manacaud Government Girls High School. As part of the initiative, all health, ASHA and Anganwadi workers are being given training to be on guard for any symptoms of H1N1 in the community.

http://www.c2clive.com/latestnewsdetail.php?id=1413

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A (H1N1) shifting to north Kerala
C. Maya
Southern districts to see a drop in number of patients

Even as Influenza A (H1N1) spreads unabated in the community in the State, a shift in the pattern of the epidemic seems evident, with the epicentre of the infection now shifting to the northern districts.
Public health experts say the current wave of the infection is almost past its peak in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam and the number of cases will start dwindling in about two weeks in these southern districts.

More number of cases is now being confirmed in northern districts, indicating the shift. Nearly 70 per cent of the throat swabs sent to the labs these days test positive, indicating that the virus is widespread.

?We are testing only a fraction of cases because testing is a resource- intensive activity and in an epidemic situation, the numbers do not really matter. Hundreds are being infected by the virus daily, but much of it resolves spontaneously. The shift in pattern will indicate that almost all of the population down south has been affected by the virus,? a public health expert says.

Surveillance study

A surveillance study of blood samples in a random sample of the population will determine the level of sero prevalence of antibodies against the virus in the community. In short, a sero surveillance study will indicate the level of immunity against the virus in the community.

This information can be crucial as it will indicate if another spell of the infection should be expected. The level of sero prevalence of immunity will also prove crucial for the State in deciding its future strategies, such as vaccinating pregnant women and children against the infection, experts say.

In fact, a sero surveillance study was suggested by an expert team which had come to the State to do an epidemiological investigation, Health Department sources say.

Kerala has requested the Union Health Ministry to provide an imported vaccine (Sanafu) for one lakh pregnant women in the State as the high mortality among this section from the infection during its second spell has been a cause for concern. The State had received a first instalment of 45,500 doses of the vaccine and an additional stock of 30,000 doses for vaccinating health professionals.

However, some public health professionals feel that Kerala, with approximately 5.5-lakh live births a year, should have pressured the Centre to revise the vaccine policy for the State.

Ever since the beginning of the outbreak, vulnerability of pregnant women to the infection has been clearly established. Hence, pregnant women should have been given the priority over health professionals for vaccination, sources say.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article487461.ece