Nine new swine flu cases in India, total at 534

New Delhi, Aug 1 : Nine new cases of influenza A H1N1, including eight from Pune, were reported Saturday, taking to 534 the number of people infected in the country by the swine flu virus.

According to the health ministry, all the cases in Pune were of children below the age of 15 and four of them were girls. One of the infected boys was a three-year-old. None of them had done all travelling recently.

The ninth case, reported from Cochin, was a 24-year-old man who is a contact of a previously reported positive case.

"Of the 534 positive cases, 422 have been discharged. The rest of them remain admitted to the identified health facilities," a health ministry statement said.

As many as 2,395 people have been tested so far, of whom 534 were found positive. Of the total cases, 540 were identified through entry screening, 504 through contact tracing and the rest were self reported, the statement added.