New Delhi, March 18 : A total of three more people tested positive for swine flu here Monday, taking the number of those infected to 1,418 this year, an official said.

"Three more people tested positive for swine flu," a doctor from Delhi Health Service (DHS) told IANS.

So far, 16 deaths have been reported in Delhi -- one in January, 11 in February and four in March so far.

The city has seen a spurt in the Influenza A (H1N1 virus) cases this year. In 2012, only 78 swine flu cases and one death were reported.(IANS)