One more swine flu death in Delhi; toll reaches 42

The swine flu toll in the city reached 42 after another patient admitted in a city hospital succumbed to the H1N1 virus today.

Another 24 swab samples tested positive for H1N1 virus taking the count of laboratory confirmed swine flu cases in the city to 1,253 so far this year. "One man succumbed to H1N1 virus today.

This patient was admitted in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital and was a resident of Delhi. With this, the toll of the city alone is 27 as of now," Dr Debashish Bhattacharya, Delhi government's nodal officer for H1N1 cases, said.

In this season, 15 outstation flu patients also died in city hospitals, taking the total number to 42.