One more dies of swine flu in Telangana, toll reaches 59

One more person died due to swine flu in Telangana, taking the number of fatalities to 59 even as 42 fresh samples were tested positive for the disease, the state government said today.
"From January 1 this year, as many as 5,114 samples were tested, of which 1,600 were found to be positive and the number of deaths because of swine flu and related complications has risen to 59," according to a bulletin on swine flu issued by the government here.
The death toll till yesterday was 58. Yesterday, 122 samples were tested, of which 42 were found positive for the HIN1 virus, it said.

Sufficient stock of medicines is available at all teaching, district and area hospitals in the state, it said, adding there are enough testing kits for the flu, whose symptoms include high fever, sneezing, cough and body pain.