New Delhi, July 13
Nineteen new swine flu cases, including a two-year-old boy, were reported Monday, taking India's tally of influenza A (H1N1) infected people to 212 so far, the health ministry said. Seven of the fresh cases are "secondary infections" - due to contact with infected people who arrived from abroad.
“Nineteen new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today - Delhi (6), Hyderabad (8), Ahmedabad (2), Thiruvananthapuram (1), Mumbai (1) and Pune (1),” a ministry statement said. In Hyderabad, six of the eight cases are secondary infections.
The six cases in Delhi are from a group of three families that had returned from a tour of Singapore and Malaysia.
“Six of eight cases in Hyderabad are social contacts