A 26-year-old teacher became the first swine flu casualty in Bengaluru while five persons, including an AIDS patient, succumbed to the disease in worst-hit Pune on Thursday, taking the nationwide death toll to 23 even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said panic should not be created and government is doing its best.
The Bangalore teacher, identified as Roopa who worked in a private school, tested positive for the virus and was also undergoing treatment at St. Philomena Hospital for respiratory disorders, health authorities said. She died on Wednesday.
8-month-old Swabhiman Kamble, 37-year-old Archana Kolhe, 75-year-old Bharti Goyal, 70-year-old Parubhai Shinde and 44-year-old HIV positive Prabhakar Wairager died in Pune where the toll mounted to 15. Wairager was admitted to government-owned Sassoon Hospital on Thursday afternoon