New Delhi, Sep 18 - At least 98 people, including 65 children, tested positive for swine flu Friday in the national capital, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) cases to 1,687, health authorities said here.

Six people have died due to the influenza A(H1N1) virus in the capital so far.

'Till date, 1,687 cases have been admitted and treated in designated government hospitals. Of these, more than 90 percent patients have been successfully treated and discharged,' Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia said.

She said 777 of the total cases were children.

But Walia assured that the situation is under control.

'The government is doing its best to provide treatment to H1N1 patients in government hospitals,' she said.

At least 220 people have died in India since the first mortality was reported Aug 3. Over 7,000 people have been affected with the virus so far in the country.