Ahmedabad, September 01: A 40-year-old man died of swine flu here Tuesday, taking the toll in the viral infection in Gujarat to nine.
Principal Secretary, Health, Ravi Saxena, said the patient Dinesh Agera was first admitted to a private hospital on August 30 and the following day, he tested positive for the virus.
“Subsequently, he was shifted from the private hospital to the municipal-run VS hospital last night and today morning he succumbed to viral infection,” Saxena said.
So far, 113 people have tested positive for the virus in Gujarat.
Officials in the Health Department said that out of 113 positive cases reported in the state so far, nine have died while 88 patients have been discharged from hospitals after treatment.
–Agencies