Five more patients, including a woman, have succumbed to swine flu in Indore, taking the toll from the disease to 50 in the city since January 1, said a Madhya Pradesh health department officer Friday.
The patients, aged between 48 and 57 years, died of swine flu (H1N1 virus) during the past three days at different hospitals in the city, he said. The deceased included one woman, the officer said.
So far this year, 175 patients have tested positive for swine flu in city hospitals and of these 50 have succumbed to the deadly infection, he added.