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DEHRADUN: A 60-year-old woman from Haridwar died of swine flu in state capital’s Sant Mahant Indresh (SMI) hospital on Monday, taking the death toll due to the H1N1 virus to 14. And the number of positive cases is soaring at a rapid pace.To know the veracity of deaths the state health department has also constituted a committee. And this year, 14 people have died so far and 48 have tested positive for the deadly virus. We have raised question before centre regarding ‘monitoring’ of their laboratory as it got permission just three years ago. In 2017, there were 157 confirmed cases with 19 deaths..