Swine Flu

As many as 106 fresh cases of swine flu and seven deaths due to the disease were reported from across the country today.

With this, the total number of swine flu cases reached 3,987 while the death count crossed the 100 mark, a senior health ministry official said.

Of the new cases reported during the day, three patients have history of foreign travel while the rest are indigenous.

Lab tests have confirmed that 549 cases have foreign origin and the rest indigenous.

The fresh deaths have been reported from Maharashtra (4), Karnataka (2) and Chhattisgarh (1).

Till yesterday, 36,959 passengers have been screened at 83 counters manned by 225 doctors and 172 paramedics. Total passengers screened till date is 53,64,870.

Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of 48 cases followed by Tamil Nadu (15) and Delhi (12).

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