PUNE: A 31-year-old woman from Baramati died of H1N1 influenza on Thursday.
"The condition of the woman was critical. She had tested positive for
swine flu and died at Noble hospital," said medical officer of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
The
H1N1 death toll since April is now 17.
The woman had developed symptoms on September 24 and consulted a neighborhood doctor.
Her condition, however, worsened and she was admitted to the Niramay hospital where she was put on ventilator support on October 2.
Later, she was moved to Noble hospital.
Four more persons tested positive for swine flu in the city on Friday.