New Delhi, September 17: Seventy-one more people, including 47 children, have tested positive for swine flu in the capital, raising the total number of H1N1 cases to 1486 in the city.
Meanwhile, the condition of a nine-month-old girl suspected to be suffering from the disease and admitted to the Hindu Rao Hospital is critical.
“A nine-month-old baby girl admitted to the Hindu Rao hospital is a suspected case of H1N1 virus. Her reports are awaited and her condition is critical,” Dr Kiran Walia, Delhi Health Minister said.
“Till date seven positive swine flu deaths have happened in Delhi. Cases that were admitted from NCR region are not to be counted as deaths in Delhi.
Swab tests of 71 samples tested positive for H1N1 virus and with this the total number of swine flu cases admitted to designated hospitals stands at 1,486,” Walia said.
Of the 71 samples, 47 were of children and most of them have been treated and discharged, she said.
These new cases were reported from different hospitals, including three each from RML and Lal Bahadur Shastri hospitals, two from Safdarjung Hospital and one from GTB Hospital.
Nine cases have been advised home quarantine.
—Agencies