Five more succumb to swine flu, countrywide toll rises to 413

NEW DELHI: Five more persons succumbed to swine flu in the country today, taking the toll to 413, even as 43 fresh cases of the disease were reported during the day.

Four deaths were reported from Maharashtra while one death was reported from Kerala.

In Maharashtra, three death cases were from Pune and one from Aurangabad.

Karnataka reported the maximum 17 fresh cases of swine flu, followed by Delhi (16), Haryana (7) and Uttar Pradesh (3).

Of the 43 cases, reported during the day, two cases had foreign travel history and the rest were indigenous.

While the total number of deaths due to swine flu in the country rose to 413, the number of infected people touched 12,787.

Samples from 67,612 persons have been tested for influenza A H1N1 in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country till date.