Three new cases of swine flu in Gujarat, toll 62 in September

The state, on Thursday, recorded 3 new cases of Swine Flu, of which two were reported from Rajkot and one from Gir Somnath. The fresh reports have taken the total number of cases in September to 62. The state has so far not seen any deaths due to the disease for the month of September.

Overall since the beginning of 2018, the state has seen 138 cases of the disease of which 76 were cured while 52 are still under treatment.

The state has seen so far 10 deaths due to the disease. Explaining why media reports stated deaths due to Swine Flu but the state said there weren't any so far, Dr Raval said that Government of India has made it clear that as far as communicable diseases are concerned, the cause of death is to be reviewed by an expert committee. "The expert committee examines the case before reaching a conclusion about the cause of death. This is because many times what is termed as 'swine flu' death could be because of other flu or malaria or such," said Dr Raval.