New Delhi, September 01: Swine flu deaths continued unabated in the country with the figure crossing 100 on Monday after the virus claimed eight more lives in three states as Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held a meeting to take stock of the situation.
While two deaths were reported from Karnataka, four were from Maharashtra and one from Chhattisgarh, a senior Health Ministry official said.
As many as 15 patients, currently undergoing treatment for the viral disease, are in a critical condition in various hospitals in worst-hit Pune, where 31 people have died due to the infection, officials said.
Swine flu cases continued to swell across the country with 106 more testing positive for the virus, taking the total number of flu cases till on Sunday to 3,987.
42-year-old Vilas Padale and 26-year-old Anil Nikam died due to flu at separate private hospitals in Pune Sunday night, officials said on Monday.
35-year-old Rubina, a resident of Mussoorie, who was suffering from cold, cough and fever for the last five days, died in Doon Hospital Sunday night, nodal officer dealing with flu in Uttarakhand Pankaj Jain said in Dehradun. Her throat swab has been been sent for test, he said.
Sudhakar, a 28-year-old driver, passed away because of the infection today at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases in Bangalore, raising the toll in Karnataka to 26.
In Delhi, Azad held a high-level meeting with senior health officials and discussed measures being taken to contain the disease.
–Agencies