New Delhi, Aug 3 - India reported its first swine flu death Monday when a 14-year-old girl succumbed to the influenza A (H1N1) virus in Pune, health officials said here.

The girl, who tested positive for swine flu, was put on the ventilator after her condition worsened. She died Monday.

The girl had consulted a general practitioner when she first reported flu-like symptoms - sore throat, runny nose, headache - on July 21. When her condition improved, she joined school on July 23.

'She again developed fever on July 25, for which she consulted another private practitioner. Her fever continued and she was admitted to a private nursing home in Pune July 27,' according to a health ministry statement issued here.

It said the girl's condition worsened and she was shifted to the ICU and put on the ventilator on July 29.