Nearly 1,100 swine flu cases in Delhi; six deaths this year: Report

The death toll due to swine flu in Delhi has risen to six, even as 74 fresh cases of the HINI virus were recorded here 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.

The report also mentioned deaths of five more persons from co-morbidity, who had H1N1 infection.

As per the report, of the six persons who have died of swine flu this year, one belonged to Delhi, while the rest five were residents of other cities, the report said.

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

"Patients with co-morbid condition like low immunity, on immune-suppressant, blood cancer, renal transplant, diabetes, heart disease are at high risk of getting infected with swine flu," the advisory said.

After the 74 fresh cases of H1N1 virus were recorded on Wednesday, the total number of people affected by the flu in Delhi this year reached to 1,093.

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

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