[h=1]Third swine flu death in Delhi, cases rise to 36[/h]
Swine flu claimed a third life in the national capital today, but the Health department insisted there was nothing to panic and asked people to remain vigilant.
Five more persons tested positive for the virus, taking the number of cases to 36 in January alone, four more than the total number of cases recorded in entire 2014 in the city.
A 38-year-old woman from Uttam Nagar succumbed to the
H1N1 virus at Ram Manohar Lohiya (RML) hospital in the wee hours.
"She was brought to the hospital in an extremely critical condition on January 4 and was on ventilator support. She died early this morning," H K Kar, medical superintendent of RML hospital, said.
The figures, according to health experts, are alarming as in January alone a total 36 cases of swine flu have been reported in
Delhi whereas in entire 2014, only 32 positive cases were reported from the national capital.
The new cases are of a 77-year-old man (Laxmi Nagar) and a two-year-old boy (Mehrauli), both undergoing treatment at RML.
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