Hyderabad, March 17 IANS): Swine flu has claimed 73 lives so far in Telangana, officials said on Tuesday.
These deaths were reported from January 1 till March 16, said the health department which reported 23 H1N1 positive cases during last 24 hours.
According to a bulletin issued by the department, 103 samples were tested on Monday and out of them, 23 were found positive. This was the lowest number in last one week.
The health authorities screened 6,415 samples since January 1 and out of them 2,075 were found positive. Hyderabad and neighbouring Ranga Reddy district accounted for majority of deaths and positive cases.
Officials said enough stocks of medicines and testing kits have been made available at all teaching, district and area hospitals.
The health department has advised people to take all precautions and approach hospital on the first symptoms of swine flu like high fever, sneezing, cough and body pain.