--- description: More than 13,000 people have contracted the H1N1 virus title: Swine Flu Kills Over 800 in India image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5698e5301c3e4164/69878086e20a877e46a853e7/rtr26u0n.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Swine Flu Claims 38 More Lives in India, Total Death Toll Passes 800 by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2015 8:51 AM CUT  Travellers with masks walk on a railway platform in Pune August 18, 2009. Travellers with masks walk on a railway platform in Pune August 18, 2009.Arko Datta—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2015 8:51 AM CUT Swine flu has claimed [38 more lives](http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swine-flu-claims-38-more-lives/article6922371.ece "undefined") in India, taking the total nationwide death toll to 812, according to the latest figures released by the country’s health ministry on Sunday. The total number of people affected by the H1N1 virus has now crossed 13,000, Indian newspaper _The Hindu_ reported. The new numbers represent a significant jump from the 774 deaths and 12,963 affected individuals cited by the ministry just a day earlier, but a senior health official said there has been an overall dip in the number of fresh cases. Earlier, private doctors in the north Indian state of Haryana had [accused the government](http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/private-doctors-in-haryana-flay-govt-for-downplaying-swine-flu-cases/article6923556.ece?ref=tpnews "undefined") of downplaying the number of swine flu cases there and discouraging laboratory testing for the virus. However, the president of the Haryana Civil Medical Services Association said that private hospitals are forcing patients to pay large sums of money for swine flu testing. “The private sector has been creating panic in society just to exploit the situation to make more money,” he said. “The public advisory issued has been in the wider interests of people.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3718440/swine-flu-india-deaths-800/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3718440/swine-flu-india-deaths-800/"},"headline":"Swine Flu Claims 38 More Lives in India, Total Death Toll Passes 800","datePublished":"2015-02-23T08:51:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:37:17.606Z","description":"More than 13,000 people have contracted the H1N1 virus","url":"https://time.com/3718440/swine-flu-india-deaths-800/","keywords":["India","deaths"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5698e5301c3e4164/69878086e20a877e46a853e7/rtr26u0n.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5698e5301c3e4164/69878086e20a877e46a853e7/rtr26u0n.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Travellers with masks walk on a railway platform in Pune","caption":"Travellers with masks walk on a railway platform in Pune","creditText":"Arko Datta—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3718440/swine-flu-india-deaths-800/","name":"Swine Flu Claims 38 More Lives in India, Total Death Toll Passes 800"}}]}] ```