Swine flu claims two more lives in Pune

August 31, 2009 09:22 am | Updated November 17, 2021 06:55 am IST - Pune

People participate in a 'swine flu alert' rally in Hyderabad recently. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

People participate in a 'swine flu alert' rally in Hyderabad recently. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

Two more persons died of swine flu here, taking the toll in the viral infection in the city to 31.

Forty two-year-old Vilas Padale and 26-year-old Anil Nikam died of the flu at separate private hospitals here on Sunday night, hospital sources said on Monday.

Around 60 suspected cases of the viral infection were admitted to various hospitals in the city on Sunday, official sources said.

As many as 15 patients currently undergoing treatment were in a critical condition, they added.

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