New Delhi/Bangalore, Aug 25 - India Tuesday reported two swine flu deaths with a 44-year-old woman in the national capital and a 28-year-old man in Bangalore succumbing to the H1N1 influenza, taking the total toll to 66.

In New Delhi, Usha Jain, a resident of Faridabad, died at 10.15 a.m. Tuesday, said N.K. Chaturvedi, the medical superintendent of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

'She had three cardiac arrests yesterday and finally died this morning,' he said.

She was the third victim of swine flu death in the national capital.

The 44-year-old woman had not been keeping well for the past one week and was admitted to a private hospital in Faridabad where she was put on a ventilator.

'As she had swine flu like symptoms, her condition continued to deteriorate. She was then shifted from the Faridabad hospital to our hospital on Friday,' Chaturvedi told IANS.

Jain, who was on a ventilator, was shifted to the H1N1 ward of the hospital.

'She continued to be in a serious condition and was on the ventilator. She had fever, breathlessness, cold and cough,' he added.

Her samples were sent for testing and on Monday it was confirmed that she was infected with the H1N1 virus.