New Delhi: Swine flu has claimed 51 more lives raising the toll to 926 even as the number of those affected by the H1N1 virus in the country breached the 16,000 mark on Wednesday.
According to collated data from the Health Ministry till Tuesday, the total number of deaths due to the disease has reached 926 while the number of affected persons in various states stood at 16,235.
The Health Ministry data on Tuesday had showed that 875 people had died due to the disease while 15,413 people had been affected with the H1N1 virus.
The maximum toll was reported from Rajasthan, which has been the worst affected state, with 234 deaths till February 24 while the number of affected persons has risen to 4,884.
In Gujarat, the death toll due to the disease has reached 231 while 3527 people have been affected by it.
