raipur amidst rising swine flu cases in chhattisgarh and nine deaths reported in the past twoandhalfmonths including from the state capital chief minister bhupesh baghel has directed the state health secretary to hold a highlevel meeting and review the preparedness to face the challenge with swine flu cases rapidly increasing across the state the toll has risen to 288 patients positive with h1n1 virus the latest cases are reported from raipur raigarh and baloda bazar according to the records being maintained by audit committee there have been a total eight deaths reported with comorbidities while one death due to swine flu the confirmed death was of a 52yearold patient from raipur who died in august concerned over the matter chief minister baghel on saturday directed health department secretary to brace up and make necessary arrangements at the hospitals baghel also asked the secretary to hold a meeting to review the situation and assess what measures need to be taken up the chief minister also directed the officials for preparedness towards dealing with possibility of other diseases and their preventive measures as wellamong the worsthit with swine flu is raipur recording a total of 168 patients followed by durg with 32 cases while bilaspur recorded 14 cases rajnandgaon 11 raigarh nine while balodabazar and dhamtari recorded eight cases each six cases were recorded in bastar mahasamund each four in janjgirchampa kanker and gariyaband each recorded three while two cases were reported from dantewada mungeli sarguja bemetara each and one from balod kawardha jashpur koriya surajpur balrampur sukma bijapur it is advised when one suffers from fever above 101 degrees for more than three days sore throat shortness of breath runny or blocked nose or fatigue should immediately consult a doctor and get treatment