18 new swine flu cases in Jammu

Eighteen more persons today tested positive for swine flu in Jammu taking the total number of positive cases in region to 46.

"So far 46 people in Jammu region have tested positive for H1N1 virus," Director Health Service, Baljeet Pathania, told PTI.

We received 48 reports from Delhi yesterday out of which 18 tested positive, he said.

The official said, 103 people have tested negative till now whereas the reports of 77 patients are still awaited.

Three people have so far lost their lives due to the deadly H1N1 virus, he added.