Nearly 1,100 swine flu cases in Delhi; city govt issues health advisory

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 06 2019 | 9:05 PM IST

As many as 74 fresh cases of swine flu were recorded in Delhi on Wednesday, taking the total number of people affected by the disease in the city this year to 1,093, according to a report of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Amid the mounting cases of the H1N1 infections in the city, the Delhi government Wednesday issued a health advisory, prescribing the do's and don'ts.

As many as 74 fresh cases of H1N1 virus were recorded in Delhi on Wednesday, taking the total number of people affected by the flu in the city this year to 1,093, according to the report of the city's Directorate General of Health Services.

The cases included 868 adults and 225 children, the report said.

Delhi recorded on Tuesday one death from swine flu and 1,019 positive cases.

Till Monday, the Delhi government had not reported any death due to the flu, but it recorded one death on Tuesday, the report said,

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First Published: Feb 06 2019 | 9:05 PM IST

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