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India's swine flu toll touches 553
Bombay News.Net
Saturday 21st November, 2009
As many as 10 swine flu deaths were reported Saturday in the country, including four in Maharashtra alone, taking the toll in India to 553, health department officials said here.
Also, 127 new cases were reported in the country taking the total number of people suffering from the contagious virus to 16,328.
With the four deaths reported from Maharashtra, the death toll in the state has gone up to 219.
Three deaths from Rajasthan Saturday has taken the toll in the state to 33.
One death each was reported from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat.
While in Andhra Pradesh the toll has touched 50, in Karnataka it is 120, and in Gujarat 46.
'Till date, samples from 82,229 people have been tested for Influenza A H1N1 in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 16,328 people have tested positive,' according to an official statement issued here.
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