Deshpande breathed her last around 3 a.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.

Gargunde was admitted to hospital in an unconscious state two days ago and put on a ventilator. The test report confirming that he had swine flu was received 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.