New Delhi, October 07: A total of 43 people, 26 of them children, tested positive for swine flu virus here today, taking the total number of clinically confirmed H1N1 swine flu cases in the city to the 2963 mark.
“A total of 43 positive cases of H1N1 influenza have been identified today. Of these, 26 samples were of children alone,” Kiran Walia, Delhi Health Minister said.
Walia said that till date 2963 cases have tested positive for swine flu virus. More than 90 per cent patients have been successfully treated and discharged.
“Till date 1561 children have been infected by H1N1 virus,” she said.
She said the situation is under control and the government is doing its best in providing treatment to H1N1 patients in government hospitals.
—Agencies