The death toll due to influenza A (H1N1) in India has jumped to 878, with as many as 34 more deaths being reported from different parts of the country, an official statement said here today.

Seven of the deaths -- four in Maharashtra, two in Gujarat and one in Delhi -- were reported during the day, while information on as many as 27 others deaths that occurred earlier have now been conveyed by the authorities of the states concerned to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

According to the statement, these included 20 deaths in Gujarat, 4 in Punjab, 2 in Rajasthan and 1 in Madhya Pradesh.

Of the total swine flu deaths in the country so far, Maharashtra now accounts for 256, while 132 lives have been lost in Rajasthan, 131 in Karnataka, 86 in Gujarat, 67 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 31 each in Kerala and Haryana, 29 in Punjab, 10 in Uttarakhand, 9 in Uttar Pradesh, 8 in Madhya Pradesh, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 in Puducherry, 5 each in Chandigarh, Goa and Himachal Pradesh, 3 in Orissa, 2 each in Jammu & Kashmir and Chhattisgarh and 1 in Mizoram.

The statement said 180 new cases of swine flu were reported from different parts of India today, including 77 in Delhi, 36 in Rajasthan, 22 in Gujarat, 14 in Maharashtra, 13 in Karnataka, 7 in Uttar Pradesh, 4 each in Kerala and Haryana, 2 in Madhya Pradesh and 1 in Tamil Nadu.

With these, the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the virus reported in the country so far has gone up to 25,112, the statement added.