Even as medical experts hope that the rising temperatures in the city will lead to an end to the swine flu epidemic, the death toll due to the disease continues to rise. Two more people, including a 7-year-old child, died from swine flu in Mumbai on March 25, taking the death toll to 37.

A seven-year-old male child from Andheri and 48-year-old male from Raigad succumbed to the disease after being treated in city hospitals. The total number of people who have lost their lives to the disease has now reached 37, across Mumbai hospitals, 12 being the residents of the city and 25 who had visited city hospitals for treatment.