An article from The Asian Age :
" The death toll due to swine flu reached 30 as one more patient died at a city hospital due to the virus. “One patient succumbed to H1N1 virus on Tuesday at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital. He was a resident of Delhi,” Dr Debashish Bhattacharya, Delhi government’s nodal officer for H1N1 cases, said.Another 53 swab samples tested positive for H1N1 virus taking the count of laboratory-confirmed swine flu cases in the city to 916 so far this year.
In this season, 11 outstation flu patients also died in city hospitals, taking the total number to 30.Delhi mayor P.R. Sawhney expressed his concern over the rising cases and sought people’s cooperation in tackling the situation.He once again appealed to MCD mosquito breeding checkers, who are threatening to go on a strike from September 6 demanding regularisation of jobs, to refrain from ceasework.
He said that they can approach the MCD after the Games and the issue can be settled afterwards."
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