Two persons on Wednesday succumbed to swine flu in Ahmedabad, taking the death toll from the disease in the state to 38, health officials said.

Manilal Parmar (65) and Bharat Shah (59) died of HIN1 virus today at civil hospital here, they said.

Both were tested positive for the swine flu and admitted in the civil hospital, officials said.

140 kg. Bharatbhai who belongs to Naranpura area of Ahmedabad was also suffering from diabetes, blood pressure and absence of one kidney. Thus he was in high risk group. He had recently traveled Shirdi and Mumbai. He was ill after he came back from Mumbai.

Meanwhile, two more persons were tested positive for swine flu here, taking the total positive cases in the state to 252, they said.