The Indian Express : reported that Mumbai: 18-month-old boy first swine flu fatality of 2017

The death of an 18-month-old boy at Kasturba Hospital on April 25 has been recorded as the first swine flu-related death in the city this year. Health officials will keep a close watch on people living close to Ambedkar Nagar to check if anyone displays any swine flu-related symptom. According to sources, the child first showed symptoms on April 11 and his parents took him to Dawood Hospital in Byculla on April 18. Between January and April 30, 21 positive cases of swine flu have been identified in the city. "The baby showed initial signs of swine flu and he was vomiting and had fever.

18-month-old boy is Mumbai's first swine flu victim in 2017

The first swine flu death of the year was reported by the civic body, after an 18-month-old boy from Worli succumbed to the viral infection on April 28. Dr Padmaja Keskar, city's executive health officer, said diagnosing swine flu in children is difficult. Read | 100 swine flu deaths in Maharashtra already this year In the past four months, the virus has claimed 127 lives, with most cases reported in Pune, Nashik, Sholapur and Aurangabad. A total of 21 swine flu cases have been reported by the civic body between January and April this year as compared to only one case in the same period last year.

2017 flu season dwindling after high reported hospitalizations

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