By IANS,
New Delhi: India’s swine flu toll rose to 23 Friday and 107 new cases were detected positive for the viral infection, taking the total number of those affected by influenza A (H1N1) virus to 1,390.
At least “6,897 people have been tested so far, out of which 1,390 are positive for influenza A (H1N1). Of the positive cases, 648 have been discharged, while 742 are at various stages of recovery,” the health ministry said in a statement.
As Maharashtra, where educational institutions and public places have been closed for a week, has reported the maximum number of cases as well as deaths, a central health team is stationed in the state to assist the state government in instituting appropriate public health measures.
On Friday, the worst hit Pune city reported only four positive cases, but Mumbai had 29 confirmed cases.
The other new cases were from – Osmanabad (4), Nanded (2), Nagpur (2), Dhule (1), Nasik (1), Latur (1), Delhi (13), Bangalore (9), Mangalore (2), Hyderabad (13) Kolkata (6), Ahmedabad (5), Surat (5) Gurgaon (5), Goa (2), Srinagar (2) and Panchkula (1).
Of the 29 cases reported from Mumbai, 28 are indigenous and one case is of a seven-year-old boy who had traveled to Britain.
All the other cases in Maharashtra are indigenous, the ministry statement said.
of the 13 new cases in Delhi, 11 are indigenous while a 14-year-old boy and a 19-year-old boy had traveled abroad.
In Gurgaon and Bangalore, all cases are indigenous cases with no foreign travel history.
Of the 13 cases from Hyderabad, eight are indigenous cases with no overseas travel history, the rest have history of having traveled abroad.
In Kolkata also all cases are indigenous cases. The same was seen in Gujarat where the 10 cases – five each from Ahmedabad and Surat – are indigenous.
In Goa, a 41-year-old man contracted the infection locally, while the other case is of a 35-year-old man who had come from Dubai.
Two cases were reported from Srinagar – first time for Jammu and Kashmir – and both are indigenous cases, while in Haryana’s Panchkula, a 14-year-old boy was tested positive.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 177,457 swine flu cases have been reported till Aug 6, while 1,462 deaths have occurred worldwide, mostly in Mexico, where it originated, and the US, the ministry said.