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One death, 70 positive cases of swine flu in Delhi today

By: dustgeer send a private message
Lahore : Pakistan | 2 months ago  
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Swine flu today claimed one more life and affected 70 others, including 42 children, in the city pushing the total number of cases of the disease here to 1,415.
While a 40-year-old woman who died yesterday night at the GTB hospital tested positive for the virus today another 26-year-old man undergoing treatment at the RML hospital here succumbed to the viral infection this morning.
"With today's death, the toll due to swine flu has now reached 10 in the city. A total 70 positive cases of H1N1 Influenza have been identified in various hospitals.
"The count of the number of cases that tested positive for the virus has reached 1,415 so far. Of these, 1,262 patients have been treated and discharged," Delhi health minister Kiran Walia said.

Walia also said the situation is under control.

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