A toddler and two middle-aged persons have succumbed to swine flu in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat, pushing the pandemic toll to 72 even as schools and colleges in Pune, shut due to the spurt in the infection, reopened Monday after nearly two weeks.
Over 100 more fresh cases of flu infection were reported from various states Sunday, Union Health Ministry officials said in Delhi.
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The two-and-a-half year-old child, who was suffering from a liver disorder, was admitted to the Command Hospital in worst-hit Pune on August 21 after she tested positive for the virus, health officials said.
She passed away Sunday night, they said. With the toddler's death, the toll in Pune has risen to 23 and in Maharashtra to 39.
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