A total of 769 fresh cases of Seasonal Influenza H1N1 were reported in the National Capital in the last ten days taking the total to 1,965 this year so far, senior health officials informed on Monday.
According to a senior official of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the number of cases in the city till February 7 was 1,196, however, on Monday, the number of people affected by the H1N1 infection rose to 1,965.
Shockingly, the report by DGHS stated that around six people have lost their lives to the disease this year in Delhi whereas the
Influenza report released by National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), around seven people have dies so far in the capital.
As per NCDC report, 2,278 cases and seven deaths have been there.
“The cases that are indigenous to Delhi are 1,965 and rest of the cases have been acquired from the other states but reported in Delhi,” said a senior official DGHS.
The report had also mentioned deaths of five more persons from co-morbidity.
As per the report, of the six persons who have died of swine flu this year, one belonged to Delhi, while the rest were residents of other states.
Amid the mounting cases of the H1N1 infection in the city, the Delhi government recently had issued a health advisory, prescribing the do’s and don’ts.
Medical Director of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital Kishore Singh said the hospital is well equipped to handle the swine flu cases, with adequate stock of medicines.
However, two Centre-run hospitals here have reported 13 deaths due to swine flu this year.