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LUCKNOW: A record 60 cases of swine flu were reported from the city on Thursday, highest in a single day so far this year.

With this, the total number of cases in the state capital since January jumped to 233, of which 225 have been reported in July and August so far.

While most of the patients reported till date have recovered, four deaths have taken place due to swine flu since January - three in August and one in May.

Though the office of UP Director General Medical and Health (DGMH), said 60 positive cases were reported from Lucknow on Thursday, chief medical officer (CMO), Lucknow, Dr GS Bajpai, said his office could verify only 36 through phone calls and visits at home. Verification of others was still under way, he added. All verified patients have been given tamiflu medicine prescribed for treatment, he said. Of the total patients verified by the CMO , 13 were children, including a three-month old. Also, there were two members each from two different families, including a mother-child duo from Manasnagar area. So far, the swine flu virus has largely affected the SGPGI campus and many localities on Rare Bareli and Kanpur Roads . On Thursday, seven cases were reported from Rae Bareli Road , five from Kanpur Road and four from the SGPGI campus.

Other areas from where cases were reported on Thursday included KGMU campus, Rajajipuram, Telibagh, Alambhagh, Kursi Road, Manaknagar, Sarojiniagar, IIM Road, Raqabganj, Balaganj, Aliganj, Khurramnagar and Indiranagar.

