The number of H1N1 deaths in India went up to 28 on Sunday. While two women, both aged 27, succumbed to the deadly virus in Bengaluru, a 36-year-old woman died of the disease in Pune.
With five deaths Bengaluru so far accounts for the second largest number of flu deaths after Pune, where the toll is 13.
Besides Pune and Bengaluru, one person each has died due to the viral disease in Ahmedabad, Nashik, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Raipur and Bilapur and two each in Mumbai and Vadodara.
Shamshad Begum and Shilpa Hegde fell prey to the infection at different hospitals in Bengaluru on Saturday night, health officials said on Sunday. Their test reports confirmed swine flu virus, they said.
Admitted to Baptist Hospital on August 10, Begum was suffering from shortness of breath for the past three months and from cough and cold and fever lately, Medical Superintendent Chandy Abraham said.
A 36-year-old woman died of swine flu in Sasson hospital in Pune late tonight, official sources said.
The woman named Bina Gonsalves was admitted to the hospital on August 13 with suspected swine flu symptoms, they said.
