New Delhi, Sep 2 - Five more people died of swine flu in India Wednesday, taking the toll due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus to 106, health authorities said here.

Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra reported two deaths each, while one person died in Karnataka.

In Maharashtra, which has topped the chart for maximum swine flu deaths and cases, one death was reported from Pune, declared an epidemic city, while the second death was in Thane.

While two deaths in Andhra Pradesh were from Hyderabad, in Karnataka, one person succumbed to the disease in Mysore.

As many as 97 people were tested positive for H1N1, taking the total to 4,198.

'Till date, samples from 22,847 people have been tested for influenza A (H1N1) in various government laboratories across the country and 4,198 of them have been found positive,' the health ministry said in a statement.