With eight more fatalities due to swine flu, the toll has reached 239 in Gujarat leading two more district collectors to invoke Section 144 (Unlawful Assembly) of the Criminal Procedure Code to prevent mass gatherings in order to curb swine flu infection, officials said on Wednesday.
People from all walks of life, including Gujarat Assembly Speaker Ganapat Vasava and Minister of State for health Shanker Chaudhry have been reported H1N1 positive.
The State recorded 242 new cases of swine flu, the report said, adding, that the total number of cases have gone upto 3,769 from January this year. In its statement, the Gujarat Government also claimed that 2,341 patients who were infected with swine flu have been cured.