State swine flu toll climbs to 303

While no H1N1 related death was reported in Pune yesterday, an H1N1 death reported from Nagpur took the state's H1N1 toll to 303.

According to swine flu control room officials, Arvind Sharma (49), a resident of Chindwada in Madhya Pradesh, was admitted to Government Medical College Hospital in Nagpur on Jan 15.

Though he was declared dead the very same day, doctors were waiting for his reports to confirm whether he died of swine flu or not. But yesterday, the doctors confirmed that he died of H1N1 infection.