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A 26-year-old school teacher succumbed to swine flu virus at the St. Philomena Hospital in Bangalore on Wednesday. The health authorities declared this on Thursday as Karnataka's first swine flu victim, taking India's death toll to 20.
"Her throat and nasal swabs tests have confirmed that the patient was suffering from the H1N1 influenza virus," hospital director Shankar Prasad told reporters.
The woman, identified only as Rupa, had been admitted to the hospital on Aug 7.
"The patient was admitted with breathing problems coupled with pneumonia. Her condition started deteriorating on Tuesday and she died on Wednesday afternoon. We got the confirmation that the woman was suffering from swine flu only Wednesday night," added Prasad.
According to hospital sources, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), where the test was done, confirmed that Rupa was suffering from H1N1 virus late on Wednesday night.
Rupa was working as a teacher with Sudarshan Vidya Mandir at Jayanagar, Bangalore.
Out of the 522 tests that have been conducted in Karnataka, 97 people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus.
