As many as 59 new cases of swine flu were reported in the state on Tuesday, while three more patients succumbed to the H1N1 virus, officials said.
The number of swine flu cases reported in the state since January 1 went up to 659 with the 59 fresh cases on Tuesday. The number of cases is the highest reported in a single day this year.
Twenty-two of the new cases were reported within AMC limits. Five cases were reported in Anand, four in Surat city, and three in Vadodara city.
The health department said that two cases of swine flu were reported from Gandhinagar rural, Amreli, Bhavnagar city, Gandhinagar city, Mehsana and Sabarkantha, while one case was confirmed in Rajkot, Bharuch, Botad, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Banaskantha, Surendranagar, Kheda, Aravalli, and Navsari.
Of the three swine flu deaths on Tuesday, two were reported in Vadodara city, and one in Bhavnagar city. With this, the total number of deaths caused by swine flu in the state since January 1 has gone up to 27. Four deaths were reported in the state on Monday. The health department said that 334 swine flu patients had recovered after treatment, while 298 others are under treatment.
