Two women, one of them pregnant, have died of swine flu at the government hospital here, sources in the facility said on November 20.

A 22-year old woman, hailing from Tirupur, was hospitalised on November 17 with fever and tested positive for swine flu, the sources said. The pregnant woman died on November 19 night, they said. Similarly, a 50-year-old woman from Pollachi in the district, who had been undergoing treatment for swine flu since November 18, also died, the sources said. Since October, 62 people have died of various types of fever, including swine flu and dengue, both in the government and private hospitals here, they said.