New Delhi, Sep 4 - Fifty fresh cases of swine flu, including among 24 children, were reported in the capital Friday, taking the total number of Influenza A (H1N1) cases in the city to 772 so far. One patient was serious and under ventilation at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital here, officials said.

According to the state health ministry, of the fresh cases 15 have been admitted to various designated hospitals and the rest 35 are home quarantined.

'These 50 identified cases include 24 cases of children. One male patient is critical in RML Hospital and is on dialysis and on the ventilator,' Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia said.

She informed that till date 772 cases have been reported in the city of which 681 cases have been treated and discharged.

Walia also said that the situation is under control and the government is doing its best in providing treatment to H1N1 patients in government hospitals.

She advised people to visit the doctor at the earliest in case they exhibit any symptom of swine flu.