Guj has seen third-highest deaths in country due to swine flu in 2019, HC told
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has recorded 4,772 cases of swine flu from January 1 this year to June 23, second highest after Rajasthan, and 149 deaths which is the third highest in the country, the High Court was told on Tuesday.
The Gujarat high court was hearing public interest litigation filed by K R Koshti, a lawyer, seeking a direction to the state government to take measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
Citing a reply given in the Lok Sabha on June 28, Koshti told the high court that Gujarat recorded 4,772 swine flu cases, second highest after Rajasthan which has seen 5,021 cases.
The death toll due to swine flu in Gujarat was 149, which was the third highest after Rajasthan and Maharashtra, he told the court.
Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Chaubey had on June 28 given details about H1N1 virus infection cases and deaths from January 1, 2019, to June 23.
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