Data collated by the Health Ministry showed that a total of 1,158 people have died from the respiratory disease across different states while the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus stood at 21,412 as on March 2.
Today's data showed that in Gujarat 283 people have died while 4,766 people were affected by the disease. In Rajasthan, the death toll reached 277 while 5,715 people were affected.
Health department officials in Delhi have warned that because of the unseasonal rains there could be increase in swine flu cases and that the decline that had taken place last week may not continue.
Health Minister J P Nadda in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today said that from January 1 to February 26 this year, data with his ministry showed that in Gujarat, the highest number of deaths were reported from Ahmedabad (52) while there have been 34 and 29 deaths in Kutch and Surat respectively.
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"As many as 10,000 advocates, who are practising in five courts, including the Ahmedabad district and rural court, metropolitan court, city sessions court, small cause court and family court, will not work from March 3 to March 7 due to the swine flu menace in the city," Parekh told PTI in Ahmedabad.
However, the lawyers will continue to take urgent matters, like bail petitions of under trial prisoners, he added.
The Bar Association yesterday issued a notification, which stated that the recent unseasonal rains can spread the deadly H1N1 virus, he said.
The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association (GHAA) has requested the High Court not to take action against the lawyers who do not want to come for hearing of the cases taken up by them, due to the fear of swine flu.
"There are lawyers who are concerned about swine flu and do not want to come till the situation improves. Thus, we requested the court that no adverse action should be taken against those who do not turn up during the hearing of their matter. The High Court accepted our request," senior lawyer Yatin Oza said.