23 dead, 107 new swine cases in India

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New Delhi, Aug 14 : India's swine flu toll rose to 23 Friday and 107 new cases were detected positive for the viral infection, taking the total number of those affected by influenza A (H1N1) virus to 1,390.

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At least '6,897 people have been tested so far, out of which 1,390 are positive for influenza A (H1N1). Of the positive cases, 648 have been discharged, while 742 are at various stages of recovery,' the health ministry said in a statement.

As Maharashtra, where educational institutions and public places have been closed for a week, has reported the maximum number of cases as well as deaths, a central health team is stationed in the state to assist the state government in instituting appropriate public health measures.

On Friday, the worst hit Pune city reported only four positive cases, but Mumbai had 29 confirmed cases.

The other new cases were from - Osmanabad (4), Nanded (2), Nagpur (2), Dhule (1), Nasik (1), Latur (1), Delhi (13), Bangalore (9), Mangalore (2), Hyderabad (13) Kolkata (6), Ahmedabad (5), Surat (5) Gurgaon (5), Goa (2), Srinagar (2) and Panchkula (1).

Of the 29 cases reported from Mumbai, 28 are indigenous and one case is of a seven-year-old boy who had traveled to Britain.

All the other cases in Maharashtra are indigenous, the ministry statement said.

of the 13 new cases in Delhi, 11 are indigenous while a 14-year-old boy and a 19-year-old boy had traveled abroad.

In Gurgaon and Bangalore, all cases are indigenous cases with no foreign travel history.

Of the 13 cases from Hyderabad, eight are indigenous cases with no overseas travel history, the rest have history of having traveled abroad.

In Kolkata also all cases are indigenous cases. The same was seen in Gujarat where the 10 cases - five each from Ahmedabad and Surat - are indigenous.

In Goa, a 41-year-old man contracted the infection locally, while the other case is of a 35-year-old man who had come from Dubai.

Two cases were reported from Srinagar - first time for Jammu and Kashmir - and both are indigenous cases, while in Haryana's Panchkula, a 14-year-old boy was tested positive.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 177,457 swine flu cases have been reported till Aug 6, while 1,462 deaths have occurred worldwide, mostly in Mexico, where it originated, and the US, the ministry said.

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"On Friday, the worst hit Pune city reported only four positive cases, but Mumbai had 29 confirmed cases. "

Wonder if Pune's total of only 4 today is related to this

http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Swine-Flu-Where-the-hell-is-it-20380-3-1.html

The (Pune) city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) said there was no point in flooding it with more samples for confirmation as ?everybody is being treated for swine flu?.

 

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Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/195965/H1N1-deaths-in-India-more-than-twice-world-rate.html

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H1N1 deaths in India more than twice world rate

Ketaki Saksena | New Delhi

The fatality rate for swine flu is nearly double in India as compared to the rest of the world. While the case fatality rate stands at 1.9 per cent for India, it is less than 1 per cent (0.82 per cent) for the rest of the world.

The latest report from the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention mentions that the fatality rate in the UK stands at 0.32 per cent. The UK has 12,470 confirmed hospitalised cases and 40 deaths. However, the case fatality rate ? the number of deaths in proportion to the number of confirmed cases ? remains in the same range as for seasonal flu, 0.1-0.35 per cent.

In the US, the number of hospitalised cases stands at 6,506 and the number of deaths (as on August 6) is 436, pegging the fatality rate at 0.67 per cent. The African region (which includes 16 countries) with 1,469 laboratory confirmed cases and three deaths has a fatality rate of 0.20 per cent. The East Mediterranean region has 2,532 confirmed cases and eight casualties. The fatality rate stands at 0.31 per cent. With 104 deaths and 13,169 confirmed cases, South East Asia has a 0.78 per cent fatality rate.

Experts believe that the number of fatalities will decline in the coming year. ?H1N1 is a relatively new virus. The population will slowly develop immunity to it,? said Abhijit Das, Clinical Assistant Professor at Washington University. The virus gained ground in Mexico before spreading to other parts of the world. The US and the UK have witnessed swine flu deaths much before the virus started its death run in India. The country witnessed human-to-human transmission recently and suffered its first fatality in the beginning of August.

The Health Ministry?s decision to stop swine flu testing on every individual who

reports flu-like symptoms implies that the confirmed positive cases will now fall in the category of probable cases. ?Hence, there will be an increase in the number of suspected H1N1 cases but as the population develops immunity to the virus, the death toll will decline,? said Rajib Dasgupta of the Centre for Social Medicine at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

As in other countries, the fatality rate in India will witness a decline in the months to come. ?Global experience shows that just as the number of deaths were very rapid in other countries in the beginning and then slowly declined, in India too there will be a decline in the fatality rate in the next four months,? he added.

Meanwhile, India on Friday reported its 24th casualty due to the deadly H1N1 virus. Besides the 15 fatalities in Pune, two persons died in Mumbai and one each in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Nashik, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Bangalore and Raipur.

As many as 117 swine flu cases were reported from across the country, taking the total number of those afflicted by the virus to 1,390. Of the new cases, Mumbai reported the highest (29 cases), followed by Delhi and Hyderabad (13 each), Gujarat (10), Bangalore (9) and Kolkata (6).

Pune, which has been the worst affected, reported only four positive cases. All these cases are indigenous, with no foreign travel history. Of the 29 cases reported in Mumbai, 28 are indigenous while the remaining case was of a seven-year-old boy who travelled to the UK.

Thirteen cases have been reported from Delhi, of which 11 are indigenous. The two remaining cases are those of a 14-year-old boy with a travel history to Dubai and a 19-year-old who came from Israel. On the outskirts of the national Capital, Gurgaon reported five indigenous cases. Of the 13 cases from Hyderabad, two had travelled from Singapore, while all the 10 cases reported from Gujarat have no foreign travel history.

All the nine cases in Bangalore and six in Kolkata are indigenous. Two cases each were reported from Goa and Srinagar, while another is from Panchkula in Haryana. The virus has spared Assam so far. Of the 11 suspected cases, seven have tested negative. The results of the remaining four cases are awaited.

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