In a suspected case of swine flu, a 42-year-old woman died at a hospital early on June 4 following low grade fever.

The woman's samples have been sent to the Manipal Institute of virology for confirmation if she was suffering fromH1NI, a respiratory disease caused by influenza virus, district medical authorities told PTI. The woman, hailing from Anikkad in Pathnamthitta, was being shifted from a hospital in the district to the Kottayam medical college hospital, when she died, they said. The state is on a high alert as a 23-year-old college student has been infected by the Nipah virus which had claimed 17 lives last year.