80-year-old woman dies of swine flu, toll rises to 8

Kolkata | Saturday | 23rd March, 2019

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But she did not test positive for swine flu. KOLKATA: An 80-year-old Maheshtala resident, Mukul Biswas , died of swine flu at AMRI Hospitals Salt Lake on Thursday, making it the eighth reported H1N1 death in the city this year. Doctors have dubbed the spate of unseasonal swine flu deaths ominous.The resident of Putkhali in Maheshtala was first admitted to the hospital in February with fever and breathing distress. At that time she did not test positive for H1N1 and was subsequently discharged. This time, she tested positive for H1N1..