India's swine flu toll rises to 106

Five people died of swine flu in India Wednesday, with the number of deaths due to influenza A (H1N1) to 106, health officials said here.

Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra has reported two deaths each, while one person died in Karnataka.

In Maharashtra, which completed the picture of death from flu and fever in most cases, one death was reported from Pune declared epidemic, while the second death was in Thane.

Despite two deaths in Andhra were from Hyderabad, in Karnataka one person succumbed to the disease in Mysore.

No fewer than 97 people were tested positive for H1N1, bringing the total to 4198.

"To date, samples of 22.847 persons were tested for influenza A (H1N1) in various government laboratories across the country and 4198 of them were found positive," the health ministry said in a statement.

Karnataka declared the maximum number of new cases on Wednesday. With 31 confirmed cases bring the total number of positive cases in the state rose to 494.

It was followed by Tamil Nadu, where 22 people were detected with the Swine flu.

Delhi also continues to report fresh cases. Wednesday, 10 people tested positive, bringing the total number of people affected by the virus to 675 – which is now the second largest in the country.

For the first time since the beginning, Maharashtra reported significantly fewer cases of eight people who tested positive, with the total number of people affected in the state in 1,695 - the highest in the country.

Other states that reported new cases were 9 from Gujarat , 6 from Kerala, 5 from West Bengal, 3 from Uttarakhand, Haryana (2) and Uttar Pradesh (1).

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