As many as seventy-six people have lost their lives to the swine flu and related health complications since January this year in Telangana.
A bulletin issued by the state government here today said 2,243 cases of swine flu infection were reported in the new year.
"From January 1 till March 29, 7,240 samples were tested, of which 2,243 were found to be positive. The number of deaths because of swine flu and other complications stood at 76," it said.
Eight samples out of the 84 which were sent for analysis yesterday had tested positive for the H1N1 virus.
"The number of positive cases reported in the last seven days is 32, 13, 07, 16, 15, 8 and 19, respectively," it said.
The government has advised citizens to take precautions such as reporting to hospitals on appearance of early symptoms of the disease like high fever, sneezing, cough and body pain.
Sufficient stocks of medicines and testing kits are available at hospitals in the state, the bulletin added.
