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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

India : 27-yr-old woman dies of swine flu

Via Times of India :

" NEW DELHI: A 27-year-old woman admitted at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital died on Tuesday due to swine flu, taking the total number of deaths reported in Delhi this season to 30. Debashish Bhattacharya, nodal officer for swine flu in the capital, said 53 new cases of H1N1 infection were reported on Tuesday. The total number of cases reported this season has now reached 926.

"Of the new swine flu cases reported on Tuesday, 11 patients are children,'' said Bhattacharya. According to sources, the latest swine flu victim, who succumbed to the disease at RML Hospital, is a citizen of Delhi. "There are seven other swine flu patients at RML hospital and two of them are in serious condition,'' said the source. Since May 2009, when the swine flu epidemic hit the capital, more than 120 deaths have been reported."

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