One more swine flu case in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR - One more person tested positive for swine flu in Orissa Friday taking the total of people infected in the state to 74 since July, an official said.

The latest case was reported from Bhubaneswar, Bikash Patnaik, joint director of the state health department told IANS, adding that throat swabs of two other people which were sent for test Friday were negative.

There has been no fresh report of any death due to the H1N1 virus which has already killed 16 people so far in the state since July. At present about nine people are undergoing treatment in various private and government hospitals, Patnaik said.