<p> Pune, epicentre of the swine flu epidemic last year, had four people succumbing to the deadly viral condition on Tuesday, including a 30-year old pregnant woman Rani Chandrakant Kakde. <br /><br />The three other patients who fell victim to swine flu were identified as Somnath Shinde (23), Mahadev Pawar (50) and Kutti Thomas (55).<br /><br />On Wednesday, six more patients fell victims to swine flu, taking the number of people who died of the disease to 74 since April 1, 2010.<br /><br />July also witnessed almost a three-fold rise in malaria cases in Mumbai compared to the corresponding period last year. So far, 11 people have died of the disease in Mumbai.</p>
<p> Pune, epicentre of the swine flu epidemic last year, had four people succumbing to the deadly viral condition on Tuesday, including a 30-year old pregnant woman Rani Chandrakant Kakde. <br /><br />The three other patients who fell victim to swine flu were identified as Somnath Shinde (23), Mahadev Pawar (50) and Kutti Thomas (55).<br /><br />On Wednesday, six more patients fell victims to swine flu, taking the number of people who died of the disease to 74 since April 1, 2010.<br /><br />July also witnessed almost a three-fold rise in malaria cases in Mumbai compared to the corresponding period last year. So far, 11 people have died of the disease in Mumbai.</p>
