Hyderabad, April 25: Swine flu seems to be making a comeback in Andhra Pradesh with one fresh case of the disease reported in the state capital taking the number of infected persons to four so far this year, health officials said on Saturday.
A 43-year-old person from Nizamabad district tested positive for swine flu yesterday and was admitted to ICU of Government General and Chest Hospital at Erragadda here, they said.
“The patient has been kept on ventilator and his condition is critical. He is under observation for 48 hours,” chief coordinator of swine flu cell at the Chest Hospital K Subhakar said.
“Swine flu has so far claimed two lives in Andhra Pradesh this year, while four cases including the present one have tested positive for the flu virus,” he said.
As many as 786 persons tested positive for H1N1 virus last year, while 53 deaths were reported due to swine flu in the state, health officials said.
The first swine flu case in the country was reported from Hyderabad on May 16 last year.
-PTI