Three more deaths from swine flu or influenza A (H1N1) were reported from the country yesterday, health officials stated. These new deaths have now added to the number of dead in the country, taking the total toll to 1,404, revealed the sources.

None of the three deaths registered, occurred during the day itself - all were earlier deaths that were confirmed and reported by authorities in the respective states where they occurred. While two of the deaths occurred in Rajasthan, the third was from Maharashtra.

The state wise toll for individual states comprises 383 deaths from Maharashtra, 299 from Gujarat, 196 from Rajasthan, 148 from Karnatka, 95 from Delhi, 52 from Andhra Pradesh, 40 from Punjab, 38 from Haryana, 37 from Kerala, 28 from Madhya Pradesh, 19 from Uttar Pradesh, 13 from Uttarakhand, 11 from Chhattisgarh, 8 each from Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, 7 from Tamil Nadu, 6 from Puducherry, 5 from Goa, 4 from Jammu and Kashmir, 3 from Orissa, 2 from Assam and one death each from Mizoram and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Health officials also said that 24 new cases of swine flu were reported from across the country. These included 20 infections from Maharashtra and an infection each from Delhi, Karnataka, Goa and Rajasthan. As of now the total number of confirmed cases of swine reported in the country has gone up to 29,904, sources said.