Swine flu toll in Madhya Pradesh rises to 35 with one more death

One person succumbed to deadly HIN1 virus here, taking the toll due to swine flu to 35 in Madhya Pradesh, health officials said today.
       
Vijay Prakash Vijaywargiya, a bhajan singer and social worker hailing from Guna district died of swine flu at a private hospital yesterday, Madhya Pradesh Health Department director Dr AN Mittal told PTI.
       
The deceased Vijaywargiya, was a relative of Madhya Pradesh industries minister Kailash Vijaywargiya, officials said.
       
He was tested positive for H1N1 virus and was brought to Bhopal from Guna some days back, Mittal said.
       
With this, he said that the total number of deaths due to swine flu has gone up to 35, adding that the state was effectively tackling the disease.
       
"There was only one person suffering from the disease at Indore in Madhya Pradesh right now, Mittal said.
       
The director said that after the outbreak of swine flu, 596 swab samples were taken, out of which 114 tested postive for the disease in the state.
       
Of the 35 H1N1 deaths in Madhya Pradesh, 23 have taken place in Indore, five in Bhopal, three in Jabalpur and one each in Neemuch, Chhindwara, Ujjain and Khargone districts, officials said.