Elderly man dies of swine flu in Indore, toll rises to 14

Swine flu today claimed the life of a 67-year-old man, taking the city's death toll due to the infection to 14 this year, a health official said.

Dr Asha Pandit, district in-charge of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), said the H1N1 patient was from Khandwa district.

"He was admitted to a private hospital in the city. Today, his family members got him discharged from the hospital and were taking him home, when he died en-route," she added.

According to Dr Pandit, 68 patients, who are currently undergoing treatment at different hospitals here, have tested positive for swine flu so far. Of them, 14 died of H1N1 flu, she said.