New Delhi, August 25: A two-and-a-half year-old child and a middle-aged man have succumbed to swine flu in Maharashtra and Gujarat, pushing the nationwide swine flu toll to 71 even as closed schools and colleges in Pune reopened on Monday after nearly two weeks.
With 103 fresh cases of flu infection reported on Monday, total number of infected people rose to 2,772. The toddler, who was suffering from a liver disorder, was admitted to the Command Hospital in worst-hit Pune on August 21 after she tested positive for the virus, health officials said.
With her death, the toll in Pune has risen to 23 and in Maharashtra to 39. 52-year-old Rajesh Udhad, who was admitted to Wockhardt Hospital in Rajkot on August 20 after he showed flu symptoms like fever, breathlessness and vomitting, died this morning, raising the virus toll in Gujarat to seven.
–Agencies–