One more swine flu death was reported in West Bengal on Friday, as the state's toll mounted to 25 this year, a top health official said.
A two-year-old girl - a resident of neighbouring Howrah district - breathed her last at the B.C.Roy Memorial Hospital, where she was under treatment for 11 days, Health Secretary Malay Dey told IANS.
"The girl's condition was critical and she was on ventilator support," said Dey, adding the total number of people who tested positive for the H1N1 virus rose to 469 with two fresh infections reported over the past 24 hours.
Eight peopled have been released from hospital over the past 24 hours after they recouped. The total number of swine flu patients treated and discharged from hospital this year is 406.
At present 38 people are being treated for swine flu. Sixteen of them are admitted in government hospitals, and the remaining 22 in private health facilities, he said.
