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India is still in grips of swine flu even after a month. The condition seems to be worsening with each day. The viral disease has claimed the 15 more people in last two days, with death toll rising to 2,123.
As per the records, the number of person affected in the country has reached to 35,000.
A research paper titled “"Profiling the Mortality due to Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jaipur during the Current Season - January & February 2015" has published the calamity figures and other data related to swine flu.
The study led by Dr. Rama Sharma has revealed that about 65 percent of person who died due to swine flu at the SMS Hospital and College in Jaipur in January and February also had a high risk factor and they suffered from other chronic diseases including diabetes, TB, chronic lung disorder.
Meanwhile the Union Home Ministry has stated that around 2,123 patients have perished, while 34, 636 people have been affected across the country.
The death toll in Gujarat has increased to 436, thereby being the worst-hit state.
The number of causalities due to the virus in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh was 426, 431 and 399 respectively, while the number of affected was 6,642, 4,749 and 2,233 respectively.
In Karnataka, swine flu has killed 85 people and affected 2,866, while it has taken the lives of 77 in Telangana, 56 in Punjab, 53 in Haryana, 38 in Uttar Pradesh, 26 in West Bengal, 23 in Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, 20 in Jammu and Kashmir, 14 in Kerala and 12 in Uttarakhand.
[Source- Deccan Chronicle]
