Swine flu death toll in country rises to 226, over 6,000 test positive

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Feb 04 2019 | 7:15 PM IST

The death toll in the country this year due to swine flu has soared to 226 with the H1N1 virus claiming 31 more lives in a week till Monday, while the number of those affected crossed the 6,000 mark with Rajasthan topping the list with 34 per cent of the total number of cases.

According to a Union health ministry data, Delhi, which till January 28 was third in the number of swine flu cases after Rajasthan and Gujarat, is now in the second position registering 1,011 cases, with 479 new cases recorded in the last one week,

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First Published: Feb 04 2019 | 7:15 PM IST

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