New Delhi, Sep 11 - Seven deaths due to swine flu, including six in Karnataka, were reported Friday, taking the total toll in India from the Influenza A(H1N1) virus to 161, health authorities said here.

In Karnataka, four deaths were reported from Bangalore, one from Davangere and another in Bijapur. With the six deaths, the total toll in the southern state has reached 53.

The report confirming that all six tested positive for the virus was received only Sep 10, a state health official said.

Haryana recorded its first swine flu death Friday, health officials said. The death occurred in Faridabad.

In Bangalore, Shashidhar Buggi, the director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD), said: 'A 20-year-old pregnant woman succumbed to swine flu as she had arrived at a very critical stage. The woman was 36 weeks into pregnancy and was to deliver shortly.'

The hospital reported another swine flu death as well.

'A 40-year-old woman also succumbed at RGICD,' Buggi added.

The other two deaths due to swine flu in Bangalore were those of a 13-year-old boy who died at a private hospital Sep 8, and a 59-year-old man admitted Sep 3, who died two days later.