A 45 year old man and a 50-year-old woman died of swine flu in Pune onu00a0Wednesday afternoon, taking the death toll up to 17 in India. With this 10 people have died of the contagious virus in Pune.

Nita Meghani, who was admitted to the Sasoon Hospital in a critical condition four days ago, died this afternoon, the Maharashtra Swine Flu Control Room said.