New Delhi, December 01: Three more persons died due to swine flu even as 198 fresh cases were reported from across the country today.
While two deaths were reported from Rajasthan, the third one was reported from Maharashtra. With this, the total toll has touched 578, the Health Ministry said.
Out of the 198 fresh cases, Delhi reported the maximum number of 92 cases, Harayana and Maharashtra followed the national capital in the list with 30 and 13 cases respectively.
With this, the total number of cases has now touched 18,396. Out of the 198 cases reported during the day, two have a history of foreign travel but the rest are indigenous cases.
Till today, samples from 97,971 people have been tested for swine flu in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 20.9 per cent of them have been found positive.
–Agencies