Five more deaths caused by H1N1 toll reaches163 in Gujarat

Five more deaths caused by Swine flu were today reported in the state, taking the death toll to 163, while 13 new positive cases were also reported from various centres in the state.        According to officials of the state health department, today two people died of Swine flu, a 58-year-old Ilaben Gajjar at the civil hospital here and a six-month-boy Jigar Govindbhai at PDU hospital Rajkot.        Moreover, three persons who died yesterday but were reported today are, Nazar Hussai Somsara (26), at civil hospital while Himanshubhai 14, and a 28-year-old woman Kiran Hasmukhbhai, both at PDU hospital in Rajkot had succumbed to the infectious disease caused by H1N1 virus.        Health department officials said that today new cases of Swine flu were reported from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bhuj, Amreli, Palanpur, Vadodara and Rajkot.        So far 914 positive cases of Swine flu have been reported by the health authorities while 163 patients have succumbed to the disease.        Of 163 who died, eight persons were from Rajasthan and had come here for treatment.