Two persons have tested positive for swine flu in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district even as 81 patients have succumbed to the deadly virus this year in the State. The two patients, one from Sehore city and the other from Baijnath in Ashta tehsil, were referred to Bhopal after they tested positive for the H1N1 viral infection, Sehore's Chief Medical and Health Officer RK Gupta said.
Though a special ward for treatment of swine flu was set up in the district hospital, the authorities preferred to refer the patients to Bhopal, which is about 40 km from here, he said. There have been 81 deaths so far this year due to swine flu in MP while 352 patients have tested positive for the infection, as per the State health department. The highest number of causality due to infection of H1N1 virus, 15, was reported in Indore. A total of 961 samples of patients were taken from different districts since January 1, 352 tested positive for swine flu, while 356, negative.
Remaining samples were being under tests. Official sources said 126 patients have been discharged after being treated for the disease. Some patients are still being treated and adequate stock of medicine was available in hospitals for treatment. A total of 14,000 masks and 170 personal protection equipment kits have been distributed in the state to check the spread of the disease. Sources informed that out of the stock of one lakh tamiflu tablets, over 90,000 have been to given people. Besides, orders have already been placed for another one lakh tamiflu medicine.