17 more die of swine flu, toll crosses 2,000 mark

Swine flu toll has crossed the 2,000 mark with the deadly disease claiming 17 more lives on Thursday itself while 33,462 people have been infected with the disease since January. As per the figures available from the Union Health Ministry, so far 2,011 people have perished to the H1N1 virus. 

In worst-hit Gujarat, the death toll is 424 since January while the number of affected people is 6,468. Four hundred and eleven people have died in Rajasthan while the toll in Maharashtra is 385.

Madhya Pradesh has registered 296 swine flu deaths with 2,173 people being affected. Meanwhile, eight fresh cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana, where 75 people have succumbed to the H1N1 virus since January. The Jammu & Kashmir Government said that 482 patients have been tested positive for H1N1 influenza in the State with seven suspected deaths. 

The death toll in Karnataka has reached 82 with 2,700 persons affected while 50 people have perished in Haryana. Uttarakhand has registered 12 casualties while in Punjab, the disease has claimed 53 lives. The toll in West Bengal has risen to 24 while one more death has taken the toll to 38 in Uttar Pradesh.

In Delhi, 12 people have died while the number of affected people is 4,215. The death toll in Kerala has risen to 13 while 16 people have died in Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh has seen 22 deaths while an equal number of people have died in Chhattisgarh.