Flu cases in country inch close to 600 mark

Twenty-two fresh cases of swine flu were reported from across the country on Wednesday taking the total number of those afflicted to 596.

Five cases were reported from Delhi, three from Gurgaon, four from Mumbai, three from Pune, and one each from Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mangalore, Jamshedpur, Chennai, Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur.

In Delhi, four out of the five cases are contacts of previously reported positive patients who had reported to the stipulated health facility.

In the fifth case, the patient arrived here traveling from Singapore via Bangkok.

In Gurgaon out of the three cases, two are school contacts of previously reported positive persons who developed symptoms and reported to the health facility.

Four new cases reported from Mumbai for the day. The first is a 17-year-old male who travelled from Germany.

Of the three cases in Pune, two are contact cases of previously reported positive patients. After developing symptoms of the disease, they were admitted at the government health facility.

The third case is a 52-year-old female who traveled from Manila to Delhi and from Delhi to Pune.

In Bangalore, a 32-year old male who travelled from USA via Dubai tested positive.

The case from Hyderabad is a 13-year-old girl, a contact of a previously reported case, who developed symptoms on 3 August and was admitted at the health facility.