At the moment, 147 people are under treatment at various hospitals. About 16 of them are undergoing treatment at the different hospitals, while rest of them are being home quarantined.'

On Tuesday, she said, 84 cases tested positive for the flu. Out of these, 36 have been advised to quarantine themselves at home, she said.

Walia said it has been made mandatory for four private empanelled laboratories testing H1N1 virus to report all the positive swine flu cases to the state nodal officers, to enable the government have full details about the total number of patients affected by H1N1 virus as well to ensure their full treatment and trace all those they came in contact with.