With two more deaths reported on Sunday, the death toll from swine flu touched nine in Chhattisgarh. The total active cases in the state are 166.
Out of the two fresh deaths reported, one woman hails from Bilaspur district and another belongs to Raipur. They were undergoing treatment at Raipur. Both the cases were confirmed cases of swine flu, said Dr Subhash Mishra, Director (Epidemic).
He added 16 new cases were detected out of which 14 cases are from Raipur district. One case each is from Raigarh and Surajpur district.
Raipur is leading in the total number of confirmed swine flu cases which is 57.14% of the total reported cases.
As per Health Department, the total number of active patients undergoing treatment across the state are 88. There are seven swine flu patients also undergoing treatment from other states having arrived in Raipur .
As per available data, swine flu has been reported in districts of Raipur, Durg, Dhamtari, Raigarh, Dantewada, Baloda Bazar, Bilaspur, Bastar, Korba, Korea, Janjgir-Champa, Gariaband and Surajpur.