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HINI pandemic: Four more succumb, death toll touches 67
Mumbai, August 23, 2009
Four persons, including a 21-year-old pregnant woman, succumbed to the deadly swine flu since last evening, pushing the countrywide fatalities to 67 even as over 100 more were infected with the H1N1 virus.
Two deaths occurred in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, and one each in Gujarat and Haryana as close to 2,800 patients were undergoing treatment for the disease across the country.
A 21-year-old pregnant woman, a resident of Thane district in Mumbai, died of the swine flu at Kasturba Hospital today, taking the death count to eight in the metropolis.
Pushpa Choudhary, who was seven-month pregnant, was admitted to the hospital on August 21 and was kept on ventilator, health officials said.
Another fatality from the Maharashtra was reported when 26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan succumbed to the disease at a hospital in Jalna in Marathwada region.
A middle-aged man died at the SSG hospital in Vadodra this morning as the total number of HINI fatalities in Gujarat mounted to six.
Hasmukh Hingu, admitted to the government-run hospital on August 20 with respiratory distress syndrome, tested positive yesterday, Gujarat Principal Secretary (Health) Ravi Saxena said.
In the national capital, a 48-year-old man, who died late last night of suspected swine flu, had tested negative for the virus.
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Mumbai, August 23, 2009
Four persons, including a 21-year-old pregnant woman, succumbed to the deadly swine flu since last evening, pushing the countrywide fatalities to 67 even as over 100 more were infected with the H1N1 virus.
Two deaths occurred in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, and one each in Gujarat and Haryana as close to 2,800 patients were undergoing treatment for the disease across the country.
A 21-year-old pregnant woman, a resident of Thane district in Mumbai, died of the swine flu at Kasturba Hospital today, taking the death count to eight in the metropolis.
Pushpa Choudhary, who was seven-month pregnant, was admitted to the hospital on August 21 and was kept on ventilator, health officials said.
Another fatality from the Maharashtra was reported when 26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan succumbed to the disease at a hospital in Jalna in Marathwada region.
A middle-aged man died at the SSG hospital in Vadodra this morning as the total number of HINI fatalities in Gujarat mounted to six.
Hasmukh Hingu, admitted to the government-run hospital on August 20 with respiratory distress syndrome, tested positive yesterday, Gujarat Principal Secretary (Health) Ravi Saxena said.
In the national capital, a 48-year-old man, who died late last night of suspected swine flu, had tested negative for the virus.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/index....58098§ionid=4&secid=&Itemid=1&issueid=120