Swine flu continued its surge across the country on Wednesday with 115 fresh cases being reported taking the total number of those afflicted to 1,193.

Pune remained the worst-hit area by the disease with 61 new cases being reported from the city. Mumbai had 24 new cases, Kolkata (3), Bangalore (10), Shillong (1), Goa (1), Delhi (8), Hyderabad (3) and Ahmedabad (4).

All cases reported from Pune and Mumbai are indigenous cases, a senior health ministry official said adding that the three cases reported from Kolkata are also indigenous.

In Shillong, the 17-year-old male patient has a travel history of going to the UK.

In Bangalore, all of the 10 cases are indigenous cases with no foreign travel history. Goa has reported one indigenous case.

All the eight cases in Delhi and three in Hyderabad are also indigenous cases.

Ahmedabad, too, has reported four indigenous cases.

A total of 5,729 persons have been tested so far out of which 1,193 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. As many as 666 cases out of the 5,729 persons have been identified through entry screening, 1,086 through contact tracing and the rest reported voluntarily. Of the 1,193 positive cases, 589 have been discharged.

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