Swine Flu Claims 1289 Lives In India , Positive Cases Cross 23,900

07 March, New Delhi

Swine Flu has claimed another 50 lives in India taking the death toll to 1,289 this year.

Health Ministry sources said, 23,922 people have contracted the contagious disease till Thursday.

While the number of people affected by the disease showed an upward trend in Gujarat with 5,236 people, the death toll Friday reached 311 in the state. The number of people who have perished to the disease in Rajasthan too crossed the 300 mark Friday as data showed that 302 people have perished to the disease while 5,856 people are affected by it.

The affected people in Maharashtra too inched towards the 200-mark as 196 people have perished, while the number of persons affected with the disease is 2,290. In Madhya Pradesh, 183 persons have succumbed to the disease, while 1,336 people are affected by it.

Although the number of deaths in Delhi remained at ten, the city witnessed a rise in the number of persons affected by it as it reached 3,354.

In Karnataka, as many as 1,602 people are affected by Swine Flu, while the death toll has reached 53 while in Telangana, 1,699 people are affected by the disease and 61 have perished to the disease.

Kerala too has witnessed nine deaths while in Haryana, 27people have died due to the disease. In Punjab, 47 people have perished to Swine Flu.

Tamil Nadu too has witnessed 11 deaths. In Jammu and Kashmir, ten people have died while 14 deaths have been reported in Andhra Pradesh.

In Odisha Swine Flu has so far claimed 5 lives.