Delhi: 39-year-old dies due to swine flu, second victim in the city

New Delhi: A 39-year-old man became the second victim of swine flu in the national capital on Tuesday, a health official said.  “The patient died of swine flu on Tuesday night,” a senior official from the Delhi health department told IANS. According to the health department, the patient was a resident of Faridabad in Haryana, and his samples tested positive at the National Centre for Disease Control. [caption id=“attachment_2031339” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] The patient was admitted to the Deepak Memorial Hospital in east Delhi area last week. This is the second death due to swine flu. Earlier, a 51-year-old woman died of swine flu on 26 December. IANS