The number of swine flu patients in the city may have slowed down, but the fatalities are still on the rise. According to the BMC’s epidemic cell, three more people died in Mumbai from the disease in the last 48 hours. The casualties included two senior citizens and a nine-year-old child from Thane who had been admitted to a city hospital for treatment. The total number of swine fu patients being treated across the city has touched 1768 in the span of two and a half month.

A senior citizen died due to the H1N1 virus on March 28. The 66-year-old Walkeshwar resident was admitted to Breach Candy hospital on March 19 and was moved to Kasturba Hospital the same day. He died due to multiple ailments, from hypoxic encephalopathy to inflammatory bowel disease.