NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry said 82 fresh swine flu cases were reported from across the country on Sunday, with the maximum of 34 coming from Pune. The break-up of those tested positive to the A(H1N1) virus is: Delhi (13), Mumbai (12), Chennai (7), Goa (4), Vadodara (3), Kozhikode (2), Hyderabad (2), Gurgaon (2), Thiruvananthapuram (1), Sirsa in Haryana (1) and Thrissur (1).
All the 34 cases in Pune are indigenous ones, mostly schoolchildren. In Mumbai, 11 are indigenous cases, while the 12th patient is an 8-year-old boy, who recently arrived from Europe.
In Delhi, of the 13 cases, 12 came through contact, while one patient travelled from Singapore. In Chennai, all seven are indigenous cases. Officials said that so far 4,084 persons had been tested for the virus of which 864 were positive. While 633 persons had been identified through entry screening, 803 through ‘contact tracing’ and the rest were ‘self-reported’ cases. Of the 864 positive cases, 523 had been discharged.
