9 more swine flu deaths in India, toll rises to 777

Eight more influenza A (H1N1) deaths have been reported from India, taking the toll due to the swine flu pandemic in the country so far to 777, an official statement said here today.

Three of the deaths — two in Rajasthan and one in Maharashtra — were reported during the day, it said.

Besides, reports of five deaths that occurred earlier — three in Madhya Pradesh and two in Haryana — were received from the health authorities of the states concerned by the Union Health Ministry, it said.

Of the total H1N1 deaths in the country so far, Maharashtra now accounts for 249, while 123 lives have been lost in Karnataka, 107 in Rajasthan, 64 in Gujarat, 54 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 30 in Kerala, 28 in Haryana, 18 in Punjab, 10 in Uttarakhand, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 in Puducherry, 5 each in Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh, 4 in Madhya Pradesh, 3 each in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa, 2 in Chhattisgarh and 1 each in Jammu & Kashmir and Mizoram.

The statement said 346 new cases of swine flu were reported from different parts of India today, including 175 in Delhi, 39 in Uttar Pradesh, 33 in Maharashtra, 30 each in Rajasthan and Gujarat, 14 in Haryana, 11 in Punjab, 9 in Chandigarh, 2 each in Karnataka and Chhattisgarh and 1 in Madhya Pradesh.

With these, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country so far has gone up to 23,528, the statement added.

Two more swine flu deaths in Vizag

 

VISAKHAPATNAM: Two more patients died of swine flu in the city during the last 24 hours. A native of Devarapalli mandal died on Thursday afternoon while a woman from the old CBI office area died on Wednesday.

Both died while undergoing treatment at the Government Hospital for Chest Diseases and TB here. The number of patients who died due to swine flu in the city has now reached five.

“The (swine flu) virus is becoming virulent and the cool climate during the last few days makes it conducive for the virus. Generally the virus lives for about two hours in normal weather but it is active for more time now”, District Medical and Health Officer J. Sarojini told The Hindu. Patients with swine flu symptoms must approach the Government Chest Hospital, King George Hospital or the other government hospitals for treatment , Dr. Sarojini said.

Two swine flu deaths – India

New Delhi: A health ministry official said two swine flu deaths were reported in the country on Monday.

The official said as many as 93 fresh cases of H1N1 were reported across the country Monday. Among the states, Kerala reported the maximum of 33 cases, followed by 18 in Tamil Nadu, 16 in Karnataka and 10 cases in Delhi.

One death was reported from Pune while the other was reported from Solan in Himachal Pradesh.

A suspected swine flu death was reported from Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh but health officials are still reviewing the case, the official said.

However, Maharashtra continues to top the cumulative infection tally (among states) with 3,472 influenza A (H1N1) cases followed by Delhi (3,271 cases).

Seven swine flu deaths take India’s toll to 366

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Seven people including four from Kerala died of swine flu Wednesday taking India’s toll due to influenza A (H1N1) to 366, the health ministry said.

Two deaths were reported from Karnataka and one from Maharashtra. With these deaths the death toll in Kerala went up to nine, while Maharashtra’s toll stands at 148 and Karnataka’s 103.

Authorities in Karnataka said an 18-year-old boy died in a government hospital and a 38-year-old woman succumbed to the flu in a private hospital, both in Bangalore.

Details of the casualties in Kerala and Maharashtra were not available.

With approaching winter, experts fear the swine flu pandemic might rise further.

‘People should take all preventive measures, which include avoiding crowded places and maintaining personal hygiene. People with swine flu symptoms should immediately check with doctors and get needful tests done,’ Karnataka Principal Secretary for Health I.R. Perumal told IANS.

Out of the 103 swine flu deaths reported in Karnataka, 70 were registered in Bangalore and rest from other parts of the state.

The country also reported 101 fresh cases of swine flu. Of these, 46 were from Maharashtra, 29 from Delhi and 14 from Haryana.

Among the states, Maharashtra is number one with a total of 3,152 cases, followed by Delhi, which has nearly 3,000 cases of swine flu.

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3 more swine flu deaths take India’s toll to 138

Three more people – all in Maharashtra – died of swine flu Tuesday, taking the country’s toll to 138, health officials said here.

With the three deaths, the total number of people who have died in the state due to the contagious influenza has gone up to 65.

Meanwhile, 245 fresh cases were reported in the country, taking the number of people affected with the flu to 5,221.

‘Till date, samples from 26,037 people have been tested for influenza A (H1N1) in various government and private laboratories across the country, and 5,221 of them have been found positive,’ said a statement issued here.

In Delhi, a total of 84 people, including 38 children, tested positive for the flu, taking the total number of those affected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus to 994.

Four people have died so far in the Indian capital due to swine flu.

Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia said the ‘situation is under control and the government is doing its best in providing treatment to H1N1 patients in government hospitals’.

She also advised people to visit a doctor at the earliest if any symptom of swine flu appears.

‘Of the total cases (in Delhi), 846 people have been treated and discharged. At the moment, 147 people are under treatment – 16 of them are undergoing treatment at different hospitals, while rest of them are being home quarantined.’

She said 84 cases tested positive for the flu Tuesday. Of these, 36 have been advised to quarantine themselves at home, she said.

Walia said it has been made mandatory for four private empanelled laboratories testing H1N1 virus to report all the positive swine flu cases to the state nodal officers, to enable the government have full details about the total number of patients affected by H1N1 virus as well to ensure their full treatment and trace all those they came in contact with.

Apart from Delhi, some of the other states from where fresh cases were reported were Tamil Nadu (38), Haryana (27), Uttar Pradesh (22) and Karnataka (17).

Maharashtra, which has reported the maximum number of deaths and cases in the country, had two fresh cases. This has taken the total number of people in the state infected by the virus to 1,857.

Woman dies after swine flu claims husband

Relatives not prepared to confront last journey’ of two members in one family

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Shobha suffered a stroke; the couple is survived by three children

She stopped eating food since Aug. 30 when her husband was hospitalised

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PHOTO: P.V. SIVAKUMAR

Tragic: The two young sons of realtor Malayadri carry the urn for the final rites, with masks over their faces at Satyanarayana Colony near Attapur in Hyderabad on Tuesday. –

HYDERABAD: The rose petals, strewn all along the streets of Satyanarayana Nagar at Gudimalkapur till the main road, suggested of a last journey. But, relatives of T. Malyadri, one among the two persons to die of swine flu in the capital, never ever dreamt and were not prepared to confront the ‘last journey’ of two members in one family.

The denouement of Malyadri’s wife, Shobha and the daunting prospect of raising three children, two boys and one girl, have left relatives heart broken.

Relatives shocked

“She stopped eating food since August 30, when he was taken to the private hospital. She insisted that she will consume food once he returns,” aunt of Malyadri, Lakshmi recalls.

The Satyanarayana Nagar colony on Wednesday afternoon was abuzz, as friends, relatives, neighbourhood women made a beeline to pay their respects to the husband and wife duo.

The women of the neighbourhood were huddled together, discussing about the incident.

Bolt from the blue

“It was a consanguineous marriage. They have three lovely kids and it’s a shock for all of us. Till yesterday everything seemed so perfect and simple,” says housewife Sunitha, a neighbour. The neighbours were still in disbelief, as nobody expected Malyadri to test positive for swine flu.

“The local doctor said that it was dengue. He gave some medicines but Malyadri’s condition did not improve. That’s when we decided to shift him to a private hospital. But, we never thought that he will have swine flu because he did not travel outside,” pointed out Ms. Lakshmi.

Grief-stricken

According to relatives, when the ambulance arrived to the residence on Wednesday morning, Shobha rushed downstairs. Then suddenly she suffered a stroke, slipped and fell down.

“We rushed her in the same ambulance to a private hospital. But, she died before reaching the hospital. The kids are shocked,” said Ms. Laksmi, amidst sobs.