<p>Four deaths occurred in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, and one each in Gujarat and Haryana as close to 2,800 patients were undergoing treatment for the disease across the country.<br /><br />Twenty-one year-old Pushpa Choudhary, a resident of Thane who was seven months pregnant, died of swine flu at Kasturba Hospital today, taking the death count to eight in the metropolis, health officials said.<br /><br />Another fatality from the Maharashtra was reported when 26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan succumbed to the disease at a hospital in Jalna in Marathwada region.<br /><br />In Pune, which is bearing the brunt of the pandemic in India, two more women died of the disease, taking the death toll here to 22.<br /><br />Forty-two year Kamal Wagale, who tested positive for H1N1 virus and was admitted to a private hospital in a critical condition, died on Sunday.<br /><br />The second victim, Ujwala Wakchoure, 36, succumbed to the disease at the government-run Sassoon Hospital, where she was admitted on August 21.<br /><br />A middle-aged man died at the SSG hospital in Vadodra this morning as the total number of HINI fatalities in Gujarat mounted to six.<br /><br />Hasmukh Hingu, admitted to the government-run hospital on August 20 with respiratory distress syndrome, tested positive yesterday, Gujarat Principal Secretary (Health) Ravi Saxena said. <br /><br />In the national capital, a 48-year-old man, who died late last night of suspected swine flu, had tested negative for the virus.<br /><br />RML Medical Superintendent N K Chaturvedi said the man died of acute respiratory distress syndrome and pnuemonitis, adding he was not suffering from HINI disease.<br /><br />In Haryana, a 40-year-old woman, who was admitted to a private hospital in Panchkula with symptoms of swine flu, died on Sunday.<br /><br />A resident of Kurukshetra district, her swab had been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases for test, a state health department official said.<br /><br />As many as 13 people, including two children, tested positive for the virus in Delhi, taking the total number of H1NI cases in the national capital to 441.<br /><br />In all, over 100 people were afflicted with the disease across the country since Saturday, Union Health Ministry officials said.</p>
<p>Four deaths occurred in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, and one each in Gujarat and Haryana as close to 2,800 patients were undergoing treatment for the disease across the country.<br /><br />Twenty-one year-old Pushpa Choudhary, a resident of Thane who was seven months pregnant, died of swine flu at Kasturba Hospital today, taking the death count to eight in the metropolis, health officials said.<br /><br />Another fatality from the Maharashtra was reported when 26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan succumbed to the disease at a hospital in Jalna in Marathwada region.<br /><br />In Pune, which is bearing the brunt of the pandemic in India, two more women died of the disease, taking the death toll here to 22.<br /><br />Forty-two year Kamal Wagale, who tested positive for H1N1 virus and was admitted to a private hospital in a critical condition, died on Sunday.<br /><br />The second victim, Ujwala Wakchoure, 36, succumbed to the disease at the government-run Sassoon Hospital, where she was admitted on August 21.<br /><br />A middle-aged man died at the SSG hospital in Vadodra this morning as the total number of HINI fatalities in Gujarat mounted to six.<br /><br />Hasmukh Hingu, admitted to the government-run hospital on August 20 with respiratory distress syndrome, tested positive yesterday, Gujarat Principal Secretary (Health) Ravi Saxena said. <br /><br />In the national capital, a 48-year-old man, who died late last night of suspected swine flu, had tested negative for the virus.<br /><br />RML Medical Superintendent N K Chaturvedi said the man died of acute respiratory distress syndrome and pnuemonitis, adding he was not suffering from HINI disease.<br /><br />In Haryana, a 40-year-old woman, who was admitted to a private hospital in Panchkula with symptoms of swine flu, died on Sunday.<br /><br />A resident of Kurukshetra district, her swab had been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases for test, a state health department official said.<br /><br />As many as 13 people, including two children, tested positive for the virus in Delhi, taking the total number of H1NI cases in the national capital to 441.<br /><br />In all, over 100 people were afflicted with the disease across the country since Saturday, Union Health Ministry officials said.</p>
