m. She had been hospitalised here three days ago with pneumonia and later found to be suffering from swine flu. She was then put on ventilator.

Rakesh Gargunde, a medico in Nashik Civil Hospital, also succumbed to swine flu around 3 a.m., said civil surgeon A.D Bhal Singh.

Gangurde was admitted to hospital in an unconcious state two days ago and put on a ventilator. The test report confiriming that he had swine flu was recieved by the hospital late Tuesday night.

Earlier, five people in Pune, two in Mumbai, two in Gujarat, one each in Tamil Nadu and Kerala had died of swine flu.