Mangaluru,Oct 17 (PTI) The health department in DakshinaKannada district Wednesday said it was awaiting a report fromthe death audit committee to confirm whether the death of fourpeople in 16 days was due to swine flu (H1N1) or viral fever. Addressing reporters here, the district health officerM Ramakrishna Rao said the audit committee would study thecase history of patients and file the report soon. Twenty-one suspected cases of H1N1 were reported fromJanuary to October, of which three people tested positive forswine flu between January and August, he said. In September, 12 suspected cases were reported and 14 inOctober, he said. Timely treatment saved the life of a patient with H1N1,the symptoms of which are high fever, sore throat, cough,diarrhoea and vomiting, he added.
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