Ahmedabad, Dec 15: The swine flu death toll in Gujarat has reached 60 with three women, one of them pregnant, succumbing to the disease here, health officials said today.
Fourteen more people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus causing swine flu, they said.
Jyotsna Patel (25) died at the Civil Hospital here today, while Sultana Palasar (30), from Jamapura in Banaskantha district, succumbed to the infection last night, the officials said.
According to them, Sultana was on Tamiflu before being admitted to Civil Hospital here and died due to pregnancy- induced hypertension.
The third victim, Samidunnisha Ansari (29), breathed her last yesterday at the V S Hospital here, they said.
A total of 387 people had been infected with the H1N1 virus in the state so far. These included Chief Minister Narendra Modi and a couple of top officials of the Health Ministry.
–PTI