The swine flu death toll in India rose to nine after the 63-year-olThe swine flu death toll in India rose to 10 after seven-year-old Arya Murale in Vadodara, succumbed to the H1N1 virus on Tuesday afternoon minutes after the death of a 63-year-old woman in Mumbra, Thane in Maharashtra.d woman in Mumbra, Thane, succumbed to the H1N1 virus on Tuesday afternoon.
The swine flu death toll in India rose to 10 after seven-year-old Arya Murale in Vadodara, succumbed to the H1N1 virus on Tuesday afternoon minutes after the death of 63-year-old woman Sayada Dorajiwala in Mumbra, Thane in Maharashtra.
Murale became the second victim in Gujarat and tenth in India.
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Early in the day, Shruti Gavde (13) died in the Sassoon Hospital in Pune, barely hours after a pharmacist Sanjay Tilekar died there on Monday night, the official from the State Swine Flu Control Room said.
A student of AD High School in Pune, Shruti had tested positive last Saturday and had been admitted to Sassoon Hospital last Sunday in a critical condition. She died around 1.30 am Tuesday, according to the official.
So far, a total of 333 people have been affected by the virus all over the state, with Pune notching 221, Mumbai (81), and Satara (31).
Pune also tops the list of casualties with five deaths so far followed by two deaths each in Mumbai and Gujarat and one in Chennai.
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