--- title: 100 Indians Have Died of Swine Flu in the Last Three Days description: As the disease spreads, hospitals are also running out of protective masks and medicines canonical: https://time.com/3711582/india-h1n1-swine-flu-100-deaths-three-days/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-17T07:28:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:28:10.353Z article:section: World og:title: Swine Flu Claims 100 Indian Lives in 3 Days og:description: Hospitals are running out of medicines and protective masks to combat the virus. og:url: https://time.com/3711582/india-h1n1-swine-flu-100-deaths-three-days/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2366de0169e1dbac/69877f8fe53aba08de4d79e5/461868936.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: INDIA-HEALTH-SWINE-FLU og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Swine Flu Claims 100 Indian Lives in 3 Days twitter:description: Hospitals are running out of medicines and protective masks to combat the virus. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2366de0169e1dbac/69877f8fe53aba08de4d79e5/461868936.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 100 Indians Have Died of Swine Flu in the Past Three Days by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Feb 17, 2015 7:28 AM CUT  Indian health professionals inspect the case sheet of a swine flu patient at a ward at the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad on Jan. 21, 2015 Indian health professionals inspect the case sheet of a swine flu patient at a ward at the Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad on Jan. 21, 2015Noah Seelam—AFP/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Feb 17, 2015 7:28 AM CUT A [hundred people have died](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/100-more-deaths-in-3-days-swine-flu-toll-jumps-to-585/?SocialMedia "undefined") in three days of the H1N1 virus — commonly known as swine flu — in India, taking the country’s death toll from the disease to 585 in 2015. A total of 8,423 people have contracted the disease in the country this year, and the _Indian Express_ reports that hospitals are now running out of protective masks and medicines to combat the disease. Private hospitals have reportedly started turning patients away citing a shortage of Tamiflu, the primary drug against the virus, while the government has ordered additional stocks. “There are no masks in our hospital,” an unnamed employee at a government hospital in New Delhi was quoted as saying. “Doctors are working at a very high risk. There is also hoarding of vaccines that has raised prices from the usual Rs 750 \[$12\] to Rs 1000 \[$16\].” \[[_Indian Express_](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/100-more-deaths-in-3-days-swine-flu-toll-jumps-to-585/?SocialMedia "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3711582/india-h1n1-swine-flu-100-deaths-three-days/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3711582/india-h1n1-swine-flu-100-deaths-three-days/"},"headline":"100 Indians Have Died of Swine Flu in the Past Three Days","datePublished":"2015-02-17T07:28:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:28:10.353Z","description":"As the disease spreads, hospitals are also running out of protective masks and medicines","url":"https://time.com/3711582/india-h1n1-swine-flu-100-deaths-three-days/","keywords":["India","New Delhi","shortage"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2366de0169e1dbac/69877f8fe53aba08de4d79e5/461868936.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/blt2366de0169e1dbac/69877f8fe53aba08de4d79e5/461868936.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"INDIA-HEALTH-SWINE-FLU","caption":"INDIA-HEALTH-SWINE-FLU","creditText":"Noah Seelam—AFP/Getty Images","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/3711582/india-h1n1-swine-flu-100-deaths-three-days/","name":"100 Indians Have Died of Swine Flu in the Past Three Days"}}]}] ```