A 33-year-old woman from Shiroor in Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, died of A(H1N1) influenza in a private hospital in Mangaluru on Monday morning.
Dakshina Kannada District Health Surveillance Officer Rajesh said that the woman was admitted to the hospital on February 24. However, she did not respond to the treatment and passed away.
22 cases in district
Rohini, Udupi District Health Surveillance Officer, said that of the 22 cases reported in the district so far, in 18 cases, the patients had recovered and had been discharged.
The remaining four are being treated at Kasturba Hospital in Manipal.