H1N1 death result in Kashmir : India News Today

First H1N1 death in Kashmir, national count 699.

December 14, 2009 - The swine flu pandemic accounted for four more deaths Sunday, including the first fatality in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the national tally to 699, the health officials said.

A woman named Muskan from Tullamulla region in Kashmir was the first person in the state to test positive for the H1N1 virus.

Following an acute respiratory pain, she was admitted to Soura Medical Institute, Kashmir on Dec 1. Later, she was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) and her reports were sent to Delhi for examination. Her condition remained critical and she died on Saturday, as informed by a doctor from the Soura Medical Institute.

“We got the report and it is positive. The woman had reported at the institute with acute chest infection, distress and cold,” the doctor said.

Record of latest fatalities

Of the remaining swine flu deaths, one death each was reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka.

Maharashtra continues to be the worst hit state, accounting for 240 deaths, while the death count has risen to 57 in Gujarat and 94 in Rajasthan.

Karnataka is the second worst hit state in the country, accounting for 123 deaths in total.

Latest cases of swine flu infections in Delhi, Chandigarh

The national capital still continues to reel under the swine flu pandemic. As many as 95 fresh infections were reported from the capital on Sunday. However, no fresh causalities were reported. This marks a total of 7300 swine flu cases in Delhi--the highest in the country until now.

In Chandigarh, seven fresh cases of the swine flu infection, including two doctors of a leading hospital, were reported on the same day.

“We had collected the nasal and throat swab samples of these patients yesterday (Saturday) morning and their reports have come positive. Among these positive cases, two are doctors working at PGIMER (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research),” said G.C. Bansal, officiating nodal officer of swine flu in Chandigarh.

According to health officials, as many as 175 fresh cases of the influenza were also reported from various parts of the country on Sunday. Besides the 95 fresh cases in Delhi, there were 22 cases in Rajasthan, 15 in Haryana, 14 in Karnataka and 16 in Uttar Pradesh.

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