The swine flu toll inched towards the 1,900-mark as the disease claimed 32 more lives today. The number of cases in the country today has crossed 31,000.
According to the Union Health Ministry, as on March 18, 1,841 people have succumbed to the disease while the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus stood at 31,156.
Six more deaths in the last 24 hours took the toll in Rajathan to 397, just behind Gujarat, which has reported 400 casualties. The ministry said that the number of affected persons was 6,271 in Gujarat.
The death toll in Maharashtra is 322 with 3,788 people having contracted the H1N1 virus. In Madhya Pradesh, 266 people have perished with 1,999 persons affected.
The toll in West Bengal is 23 while Uttar Pradesh has witnessed 35 deaths. Jammu and Kashmir has seen 16 swine flu fatalities.
Further, 11 people have died in Kerala while the death toll in Tamil Nadu is at 13.
Meanwhile, as per a Health Ministry study, 34 per cent of the 723 swine flu deaths that were analysed had occurred in the age group 30-45 years followed closely by those in the 45-60 bracket, who accounted for 32 per cent of the fatalities.
The ministry also said that among the victims, 50.35 per cent were women while 49.65 per cent were male.
Co-morbidity is the presence of one or more additional diseases along side the primary one. Such persons are immuno- compromised and consequently more vulnerable. In this category, the patients suffer with diseases such as cancer, diabetes, tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases.
Ministry Dismisses Reports On High Number Of 'Zero Dose Children' In India List Steps Being Taken To Prevent Student Suicides: Chief Justice To Centre Centre Issues Advisory To States In View Of Zika Virus Cases From Maharashtra Budget 2024 LIVE Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman's Mega Jobs, Tax Announcements In Union Budget New Tax Regime Slabs Changed, Standard Deduction Up From Rs 50,000 To 75,000 Budget 2024: What Is Cheaper, What Is Costlier? What Trump Said On Secret Service's Plan Ahead Of Assassination Attempt Donald Trump Reveals What Joe Biden Told Him After Assassination Attempt Mumbai Real Estate Agent Drives Auto-Rickshaw As Hobby, Internet Reacts Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.