Swine flu: 13th death in Pune; nationwide toll rises to 21

A 37-year-old woman died of swine flu in Pune on Thursday evening, taking the casualty in the severely hit city to 13 and countrywide toll due to the infection to 21.
The swine flu pandemic has claimed its first victim in the IT hub of Bangalore when a 26-year-old woman succumbed to the virus while severely hit Pune on Thursday registered three deaths.
The woman, identified as Roopa, a teacher in a private school, had tested positive for the virus and was undergoing treatment at Bangalore's St. Philomena hospital also for respiratory disorders, health authorities said.
A mother of two children aged between six and four, Roopa was hospitalised on August seven with pneumonia, and later tested positive for swine flu, they said. She was also suffering from high blood sugar, they said.
Following her death, the health authorities have advised the school, Sudarshan Vidyalaya, where she was taking classes till last week, to declare a break and subject students and her colleagues to flu tests as a precautionary measure, they said.
An eleven-month-old boy Rutwik Kamle and a 75-year-old woman Bharti Goyal died today in Pune, taking the toll in the Maharashtra city, severely hit by the virus, to 12 and across the country to 20.
Rutwik was admitted first to a private hospital and hen shifted to government-run Sassoon Hospital last evening in a serious condition, official sources said. He died early his morning. Goyal, who was suffering from the viral infection, died in KEM Hospital in Pune, they said.