Bhubaneswar: One more person succumbed to swine flu at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack taking the toll to 24 in the state, a health official said Friday. A resident of Jajpur district was admitted to the hospital in Cuttack August 14 due to high fever and died Thursday night. This was the eighth death at the hospital this year due to swine flu, he said. Of the 43 swab samples, 12 tested positive Thursday. So far, 259 people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, he said. The Health and Family Welfare department had earlier issued guidelines for private and government hospitals for treatment of patients hit by H1N1 virus.
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