83 swine flu deaths in the country last week

The deadly swine flu seems to have made a comeback with a vengeance in the country with a whopping 83 deaths due to the disease being reported in the week ending August 8.

Maharashtra reported the maximum number of 51 deaths, 12 were reported from Karnataka and 6 from Andhra Pradesh.

Seven deaths were reported from Gujarat and one each from West Bengal, Goa and Uttar Pradesh.

Till date, samples from 1,54,259 people have been tested for influenza H1N1 in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 36,240 (23.4%) of them have been found positive.

All the 942 cases reported during the week are indigenous cases.