Out of the eight victims, two patients died in Kutch, and one each in Vadodara, Dahod, Surat, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar as well as Amreli district, a release issued by the state government said here.
159 fresh cases of swine flu were recorded across the state, taking the total number to 1,392 cases, it said.
Besides following standard procedures of treatment, the Gujarat state government has also begun distribution of ayurvedic and homoeopathic medicines to increase immunity against swine flu.