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This is an archive article published on August 10, 2009
Flu Fight
With an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases across the country,Newsline assesses the situation in the Capital and how the city is dealing with H1N1 positive cases.
Written by Vidya Krishnan
New Delhi | August 10, 2009 04:53 AM IST
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With an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases across the country,Newsline assesses the situation in the Capital and how the city is dealing with H1N1 positive cases.
* 216 the number of H1N1 cases registered in the Capital till date.
* The first H1N1 case in Delhi was reported on June 7 this year.
* According to the latest updates provided by the Delhis Health ministry,31 patients are currently suffering from swine flu in the city.
* Of the above,11 patients are quarantined at home,while 20 are undergoing treatment at various city hospitals.
* 3 H1N1 patients in Delhi are doctors.
* 10 hospitals have been designated by the Delhi government,where H1N1 patients are being treated in the city.
* Among the hospitals run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi,only one has an isolation ward earmarked for H1N1 patients.
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* 20 teams of doctors are working round the clock on contact-tracing and sample collection in all districts of the city.
* H1N1 samples can be tested only at 3 approved testing centres in Delhi¿ National Institute of Communicable Diseases,All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Patel Chest Institute.
* As on July 31,the World Health Organisation has reported 1,62,380 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 and 1,154 deaths across the globe.
* In India,711 persons has been tested positive,of which 511 have been discharged.
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