SURAT: A one-year-old girl succumbed to swine flu in Kapodra area of the city on Thursday. This was the first death due to swine flu in the city this year.Meanwhile, six new swine flu cases were detected in the city and three in Surat rural areas. This has taken the number of swine flu patients in the city to 56 and nine in Surat rural areas since January 1.Those who tested positive for swine flu in the city were a five -year-old girl from Gaurav Path , a one-year-old boy from Umra, a 43-year-old woman from Jampabazar, a 39-year-old woman from Hirabag, a 36-year-old man from AK Road and a 78-year-old woman from Adajan. Among those who tested positive for swine flu in Surat rural areas included an 11-month-old boy from Choryasi , a 45-year-old woman from Kamrej and a 26-year-old woman from Umrapada.Health department officials said at present 22 patients were receiving treatment in different hospitals in the city. Condition of 14 of them is stable whereas two patients are on ventilator and six on oxygen support. Two patients whose condition improved were discharged from hospitals on Thursday.

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