Pregnant woman dies of swine flu in Kota, toll in Rajasthan touches 19

Kota, Jan 26: A 28-year-old pregnant woman succumbed to swine flu here taking the death toll due to the disease in Rajasthan to 19 this year, while eight more persons with symptoms of swine flu were admitted to hospitals here.

The seven months pregnant woman died yesterday in Maharao Bheem Singh (MBS) government

in the city.

"Naina, resident of Kishanpura Takiya village, died of swine flu on Sunday morning in MBS hospital," Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr RN Yadav said.

Naina was admitted at the hospital yesterday morning and died soon after the admission, said Yadav adding, "the test report of Naina's blood sample in the afternoon confirmed her with H1N1 positive".

Fresh eight suspects of swine flu have been identified, the doctor said adding five of the suspects are from Kota while the remaining are from out stations.

PTI