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The h1n1 influenza has emerged as the biggest killer in Maharashtra this year claiming three times the number of lives taken by dengue and malaria put together

The city’s erratic weather has already turned Bengaluru into a hotpot of allergies, infections, cough and cold. What’s more worrying is that this season, the city has already witnessed nearly 130 h1n1 cases, with five deaths already registered within BBMP limits. With such numbers, it becomes extremely important for Bengalureans to learn about the disease.

A 42-year-old man succumbed to complications due to h1n1 on Sunday. Though the epidemic was controlled since its outburst in 2009, stray cases have been reported time and again from various parts of the city.

The total number of cases till August 13 this year stands at 1,307, more than six times the corresponding period of 2016. Nationally, 18,855 cases of the h1n1 influenza have been reported this year, claiming 929 lives.

A pregnant woman and a tuberculosis patient were among three Mumbaikars to succumb to the h1n1 influenza virus in the last ten days, taking the city death toll to 10 this season. The civic body has also recorded over 100 confirmed cases of the viral infection in the last seven days.

The death toll from influenza h1n1 has soared to 98 in the state this year, while cases have hit a three-year high. The public health department on Monday said Maharashtra had recorded 2,337 cases of swine flu till August 28, a six-fold jump from 387 cases in 2021. In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, hardly 121 cases of swine flu and three deaths were recorded.

The number of influenza h1n1 deaths among senior citizens in the state this year has shown a rise. Contrary to past years, when mortality among senior citizens used to be around 10%, the state found out that it has almost doubled this year. There were 39 deaths in the 60-plus age bracket, accounting for 20% of lives lost.

The state has witnessed the highest number of h1n1 deaths in the country after Gujarat and Rajasthan this year.

Don't neglect that cough and fever.Over the past nine days, there have been 20 positive cases of h1n1 (Influenza A) across the state.

The count of h1n1 positive cases in the city climbed to 318 after two more people tested positive on Sunday.

Three confirmed cases of h1n1 in the past 10 days have led to a scare in Punjab. While two patients admitted in the DMC, Ludhiana, have been discharged, a 55 years old woman is critical and admitted in ICU of a hospital in Mohali.

With the onset of the monsoon, cases of h1n1 infections are steadily rising in the city . On Wednesday, four more people tested positive for the virus, taking the count to 51 since April this year. Over 15 people have tested positive for h1n1 this June .

Being one of the hottest places in the state, the summers in Madurai are not exactly pleasant but are pretty long too. But the heat might also come as a blessing in disguise, as experts claim that it keeps potentially life-threatening diseases like h1n1 at bay.

The union health ministry has advised states to ensure that they have the required and adequate quantities of stock of drug Oseltamivir, Viral Diagnostic Kits, Viral Transport Media, Personal Protective Equipment and N-95 masks, at different levels in the health care system to tackle h1n1.

Despite an active circulation of the h1n1 influenza virus in the city since February, there is a time lag of 4-5 days before the onset of symptoms and initiation of treatment by doctors.

The h1n1 influenza virus claimed double the number of lives in the last two weeks of March than in the preceding 50 weeks between April last year and mid-March this year.

Rain seem to have brought the h1n1 virus back in circulation in the city, with over 50% of this year's 67 positive cases reported in June alone.

A 55-year-old h1n1 patient undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Coimbatore died on Saturday morning.

A 73-year-old man from Solapur succumbed to swine flu at a private hospital here on Tuesday, taking the city's h1n1 death toll to 21 so far this year.

A 34-year-old resident of Kailash Nagar in Kattur in the city tested positive for h1n1 influenza on Saturday. Doctors confirmed that his blood samples showed symptoms of the viral infection.

The microbiology department of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences has confirmed five cases of h1n1 infection in the city on Wednesday.

Swine flu claimed 87 lives in the state this year; 13 died in Shivamogga — the highest in Karnataka — followed by Davanagere (12). Bengaluru has seen 245 cases of h1n1influenza A infection. Doctors said the virus strain has been virulent this time compared to previous years.

All of a sudden, the incidences of h1n1 cases in Dakshina Kannada district are on the decline. The district had recorded first h1n1 death this year in July.

The h1n1 infection claimed over a hundred lives in the month of July as the virus peaked along with the rains. Out of the 366 casualties that have been recorded in the state since January, 103 deaths were recorded in July alone.

The state health department has set up a special telephone line for dissemination of information on h1n1 flu, as four more cases were reported from Cuddalore and Karur. Experts will be available round the clock on 044-24350496.

With the h1n1 influenza virus making a surprising comeback this year, the number of positive cases in the city so far has crossed the 300 mark.

The h1n1 virus is still active, but not all paramedics and doctors treating infected patients at PMC-run hospitals have got themselves vaccinated.

A 31-year-old woman from Baramati died of h1n1 influenza on Thursday."The condition of the woman was critical.