Since its first outbreak in 2009, Ahmedabad city registered 61 new cases, the highest number of swine flu patients on a single day, in Gujarat on Sunday. The state also registered 11 deaths as well as 117 new H1N1 positive cases - the highest till now. This has taken the death toll to 88. Ahmedabad registered a single death on Sunday that of an 82-year-old man from Gota area. Among the patients who have been confirmed of H1N1, five are below four years of age, including a one-year-old girl. The deadly disease is assuming mammoth proportions and is already worrying the state health department in eight major districts of the state. Since January 1, 744 swine flu cases have been reported in Gujarat.
According to an official report, three people died in Vadodara on Sunday, two each in Kutch and Surat while one death each was reported from Dahod, Narmada, Ahmedabad and Surendranagar. Swine flu has raised its head in 19 districts of the state, of which eight are seriously affected.
The highest number of cases were reported from Ahmedabad (61), followed by Surat (17) and Kutch (16).
