Gujarat Records 201 Swine Flu Deaths In 2017

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Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Rajkot accounted for half of the registered swine flu cases in five years.

Over 850 of the total 9,000 infected persons had succumbed to the deadly virus since 2012. Year 2015 was the worst off, with 350 deaths reported from the disease.

The state government said it had ensured additional stocks of medicines and taken others steps, including setting up isolation wards in many hospitals, but the number of patients was rising steadily.

The Saurashtra region with 11 districts reported 61 deaths.

Ahmedabad was the worst-affected city with 51 deaths, followed by Vadodara (32). Surat and state capital Gandhinagar reported nine deaths each.

According to official figures, as many as 1,754 H1N1 cases have been reported so far, with 913 people still under treatment and 640 of them cured.