Reeda succumbed to H1N1 Aug 3, triggering panic in Pune when hundreds of people rushed to government hospitals for precautionary medical check-ups.

Of the 172 cases currently being handled by the state health authorities, Pune has 118, Mumbai 26, Panchgani 25, Thane 2 and Nashik 1.

Satara Collector Vikas Deshmukh toured some of the affected schools in Panchgani Wednesday and then said that the situation in the hill-station was under control.

'We have already combed all the 46 schools, including the 16 residential public schools for suspected cases. In the main affected school, St. Peters High School, a special quarantine room has been set up, and similar rooms are ready in other schools,' he told IANS after his fourth inspection in the past 10 days.