B.Tech student died from H1N1 swine flu

A 24-year-old student pursuing B.Tech and two men in their early fifties died of suspected swine flu, raising the nationwide toll to 33 on Wednesday. There was a sharp rise in the number of swine flu cases across the country on Wednesday with 216 people testing positive for the deadly virus, taking the total number of those afflicted with the pandemic to 2,242. B. Tech student Raunak Singh, a resident of Dehradun who had returned home from Pune, was admitted on Monday with swine flu-like symptoms to a hospital where his condition deteriorated, doctors said.
His family members on Tuesday decided to take Singh to AIIMS in New Delhi. Singh died on Tuesday night near Meerut on way to Delhi. Doctors in Dehradun said his swab samples have been sent for tests. The swab samples of Singh's relatives have also been sent for tests as a precautionary measure.
In Pune, Vijay Avghade (52) and Narendra Deshpande (54) died of swine flu on Wednesday, a few days after they were admitted in a serious condition. With Wednesday’s casualty, the death toll in Pune due to the influenza has risen to 15.