Swine Flu cases in the rise in India, around 300 deaths reported in Rajasthan, Gujurat and Telengana
13 Feb, New Delhi (odibizinfo)
In Rajasthan, 13 people succumbed to swine flu including a Swiss tourist in Jodhpur. With this death toll has risen to 130 and 1631 people were tested positive this year. Health Minister Rajender Rathore said Auyurveda, Unani and Homeopathy system of Medicine also found effective in curing H1N1 virus. He said Ayurveda department has given Kadha drink to more than five lakh people who showed swine flu like symptoms.
In Gujarat, 8 more persons succumbed to swine flu in Gujarat yesterday. The death toll in the state since January has reached 116 due to H1N1. 3 deaths were reported in Ahmedabad, 2 each from Vadodara and Dahod and one from Surat districts. Meanwhile, 123 new positive cases of swine flu have been reported during the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the state has reached up to 1233 this year.
Highest 46 new positive cases of swine flu have been reported from Ahmedabad district, while Kutch and Surat district have reported 17 new cases each.
In Telangana, six persons died yesterday due to swine flu in Hyderabad taking the death toll to 48 since January this year in the state. Four of them died at the Government Nodal Hospital for the H1N1, Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad while two died at private hospitals due to complications arising out of Swine Flu. They include one person from Prakasam district of the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and another from Karnataka state.
Hospital Authorities said all of them brought in a very critical condition. Over 40 patients are under admission currently in the special ward of Gandhi Hospital. Meanwhile, 39 more persons were tested positive for H1N1 yesterday.
In Andhra Pradesh, one more person tested positive to the virus in Kurnool district taking the total number of swine flu cases to 59. Currently 25 persons are under admission in hospitals in various districts of the state. However, the authorities in both the states assured people that there is no need for panic as all the medicines and required facilities for treatment are in place at the district and area hospitals. They asked people to report to the medial officials immediately if they found swine flu symptoms.