A 60-year-old woman has died of suspected swine flu in the city today, official sources said.
Sitabai Khobragade, hailing from Rameshwari, died at the Government Medical College Hospital here where she was shifted yesterday from Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, the sources said.
Report of her blood samples, which have been sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, are awaited. If the report comes out to be positive, she would be the first victim of the flu in the city.
"For the time being the death is only suspected and unless NIV report confirms that she had indeed tested positive for swine flu, nothing can be said," the sources added.
Meanwhile, the total number of persons who tested positive for the H1N1 virus in the city remained at 23.
Sitabai Khobragade, hailing from Rameshwari, died at the Government Medical College Hospital here where she was shifted yesterday from Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, the sources said.
Report of her blood samples, which have been sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, are awaited. If the report comes out to be positive, she would be the first victim of the flu in the city.
"For the time being the death is only suspected and unless NIV report confirms that she had indeed tested positive for swine flu, nothing can be said," the sources added.
Meanwhile, the total number of persons who tested positive for the H1N1 virus in the city remained at 23.