Bangalore, Sep 3 - Three more swine flu deaths were reported from Karnataka, taking the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 31 in the state, health officials said Thursday.

Test reports of three more dead people in the state have confirmed that they were suffering from swine flu, a health official said here.

The death toll due to H1N1 virus in the state now stands at 31.

The latest fatalities are a 16-year-old boy Ranjit R. from Malathahalli in Bangalore who died in Sagar Hospital in Jayanagar, a 45-year-old man who died in a private hospital in Belgaum and a 36-year-old woman who died in a private hospital in Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district.

'The test results of all the three arrived Wednesday evening and were found positive for H1N1,' Principal Secretary (Health) I.R. Perumal told IANS.

'We know people are anxious as death toll due to swine flu in the state continues to rise.