New Delhi: Seven people, including four from Maharashtra, died of swine flu on Monday taking the toll in the country to 351. The number of H1N1 cases in India also crossed the 11,000 mark, union health ministry said.
Apart from the four deaths in Maharashtra, one swine flu death each was reported from Haryana, Delhi and Karnataka. With these the casualty figure has jumped to 143 in Maharashtra, 15 in Delhi and four in Haryana.
12-year-old girl first swine flu victim in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: A 12-year-old girl died from influenza A (H1N1) virus on Monday, becoming the first swine flu casualty here, a health official said.
The victim, a native of Meerut in Uttar pradesh, was staying in the hostel of Chaman Vatika school on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway, 35 km from here.
`Harshita was brought to Chandigarh on Friday in a very serious condition and she was admitted at Chaitanya Hospital. When the hospital authorities informed us, she was already on ventilator support,` H.C. Gera, nodal officer for swine flu, Chandigarh, said.
`We took the throat and nasal swab samples and she tested positive. She had problems in breathing. Some doctors of this private hospital are on the panel of Chaman Vatika school, so they directly referred the patient there,` added Gera.
Following the swine flu case, the management on Sunday announced the closure of the school till Diwali later this month.
Health officials visited the school Sunday to examine students and staff members who were in close contact with the victim.
So far, over 230 suspected cases of swine flu have been reported in Chandigarh hospitals, out of which 40 have tested positive.
Global swine flu toll rises to over 3,900: WHO
Geneva: A total of 3,917 people have died of swine flu worldwide since the outbreak of the viral disease in April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a latest update on Friday.
Of all the deaths, 2,948 occurred in the Americas, followed by the West Pacific region, with 362 deaths. The other four WHO regional offices, South-East Asia, Europe, East Mediterranean and Africa reported 340, 154, 72 and 41 deaths respectively.
The WHO, which declared a swine flu pandemic in June, said the total number of laboratory confirmed cases worldwide is now over 318,925, but this estimate is significantly lower than the actual number of cases that have occurred, as many countries have stopped testing and reporting individual cases, particularly the milder ones.
In the northern hemisphere, where winter is approaching, influenza cases continue to increase in many areas. But in the southern hemisphere, influenza transmission has largely returned to baseline or is continuing to decline, the global health agency said.
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