The H1N1 virus claimed three more lives at Rajkot civil hospital over the last couple of days and the number of people died of swine flu in the city has risen to 48 this year, hospital sources said.
Abdul Shivani, a resident of Gondal town of the district was brought to the civil hospital couple of days back with swine flu symptoms and died last night while Rasila Panda (60) and Vanita Mansukhbhai (29) also died of swine flu in the civil hospital yesterday, sources said.
All the three had tested positive for the H1Ni virus, they said.