The swine flu scare led to the closure of the Bangalore-based National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Friday for 10 days. The decision follows several educational institutions closing down for a few days.

'The decision was taken as a precautionary measure. The university decided to close for 10 days, so that the entire campus can be fumigated. The fumigation process has already started,' NLSIU Vice Chancellor R. Venkata Rao told IANS.

The university decided to close in the wake of a swine flu death in its neighbourhood Nagarabhavi here last week. The university will reopen Aug 30.

However, no university student has tested positive for the virus during their screening recently at the Mallige Hospital.

A 44-year-old woman died of swine flu in Kerala, taking the death toll in the state to two.

Nodal officer Amar S. Fettle told IANS that the patient was being treated at a hospital and died Thursday at Kochi.

Meanwhile, 139 fresh swine flu cases were reported in the country Friday, taking the total number of those affected with the virus to 3,534.

The highest number of fresh cases were reported from Delhi, where 24 people were tested positive, followed by Kerala with 23.

The other cases were reported from Maharashtra (20), Karnataka (19), Tamil Nadu (19) Andhra Pradesh (12), Haryana (5), Chandigarh (1), west Bengal (6), Uttar Pradesh (6)and Rajasthan (4).

'So far, 19,789 people were tested of which 3,534 were found positive,' the health ministry said.

Of the 139 fresh cases, only five are imported and the rest are indigenous.