BHOPAL: One more swine flu death was reported from the state capital on Tuesday. According to sources in the health department, some 40 patients have died due to H1N1 influenza in the city since January 2015, making it the worst outbreak. In 2009, 39 people had died due to H1N1 infection.
Meanwhile, 16 new cases of H1N1 were detected, as state-level swine flu control state coordination committee assessed the outbreak situation. An estimated two dozen patients are on life support, in private and local hospitals in the city.
According to Hamidia hospital superintendent Dr DK Pal said a middle-aged, who tested positive for swine flu, died on Tuesday morning. Since January, more than 250 people have tested positive for H1N1 in Bhopal.
About 90,000 patients have been screened for H1N1, claimed a state government press release.
In the coordination committee meeting, principal secretary health Pravir Krishna informed that a total of 181 swine flu positive patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals across Madhya Pradesh. Some 545 screening centres in government run health centres are actively looking for people with H1N1 symptoms, it said
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