One more death was reported due to swine flu on Wednesday taking the total fatality due to H1N1 influenza in the State to 7. The deceased was a 55-year-old woman from Bhilai, who had died during treatment on February 23. Swine flu was confirmed in the report received from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi on Wednesday, said Director Health Services, R Prasanna.
He said that as many as 7 patients have tested positive in the 18 reports received on Wednesday. With this, the total number of positive patients in the State this year has reached 110. As many as 23 samples were sent on Wednesday taking the total samples sent to NCDC to 526 to date. Of these, reports of 472 patients have been received.
The deaths due to swine flu reported this year include four from Durg and one each from Raipur, Bilaspur and Bemetara. Meanwhile, two suspected swine flu patients succumbed to the disease at Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital on Wednesday.
The deceased include a 27-year-old woman from Baloda Bazar and a 59-year-old man from Rajendra Nagar, Raipur. Both were admitted on Wednesday and died during treatment after sometime, said Public Relations Officer of Dr Ambedkar Hospital, Dr Shubhdra Singh. Dr Singh said that the isolation ward of the hospital has six suspected patients under treatment.