Three persons died due to swine flu across the country even as 161 fresh cases were reported today.
Out of the three deaths, two were reported from Maharashtra and one from Kerala, taking the total number of deaths due to the viral disease to 523, a health ministry official said here.
The total number of cases have touched 15,411 including those of today, the official said.
Of the cases reported during the day, the highest of 96 fresh cases were reported from Rajasthan followed by Delhi (26).
So far Maharashtra has registered the highest number of 3,796 cases in the country after the outbreak of the viral disease followed by Delhi (3,761).
Out of the 161 cases reported during the day, three have foreign travel history while the rest are indigenous.
"Till date, samples from 79,272 people have been tested for swine flu in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 15,411 (19.4%) of them have been found positive," the official said.
