One more swine flu case was reported in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, taking the number of positive cases to 20. Three of the patients have died, a health official said.
Of the three deaths, two were reported from the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital(IGMCH), while the third was reported from the Rajendra Prasad Medical College and Hospital at Tanda town in Kangra district.
"The latest case was reported in the IGMCH in Shimla," he said.
Twenty of the 74 suspected cases have been found positive for the disease, surveillance officer Rajesh Guleri told IANS.
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