Swine flu: 12 more deaths recorded in Gujarat

Twelve more people have died in Gujarat due to swine flu, taking the toll in the state since January this year to 136.

In Maharashtra too, the death toll due to swine flu has risen to 51 as eight more patients succumbed to the H1N1 virus yesterday.

Pune has been the worst-affected city with 145 positive cases followed by Nagpur, which has recorded 117 cases of H1N1 virus. The total number of positive cases in Mumbai today stands at 90.

Swine flu is caused by H1N1 virus. H1N1 symptoms are similar to those produced by other influenza viruses - fever, cough, sore throat, body aches and respiratory problems.

Symptoms for swine flu include high fever, headache, muscle pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pain and internal and external bleeding. It is transmitted to people primarily from ticks and livestock animals with an incubation period of up to nine days. Human-to-human transmission takes up to two weeks.