Via Xinhua: A/H1N1 influenza cases in Chinese mainland top 31,000. Excerpt:
The Chinese mainland reported 2,092 confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 influenza in the 48 hours ending at 3 p.m. Wednesday, bringing the total number of the disease's victims to more than 31,000, the Ministry of Health said here Wednesday.
So far, close to 25,000 patients have recovered. A total of 33 patients had been in serious conditions, of whom 11 were cured, the ministry said.
The disease has also caused two deaths on the Chinese mainland -- an 18-year-old woman in Tibet who died on Oct. 4, and a 43-year-old woman who died last Friday in the northwestern province of Qinghai.
China is currently experiencing what experts called "a second round of A/H1N1 flu infection," as recent infections are more widespread and increasing rapidly.
The number of A/H1N1 cases reported daily now can equal the number of cases reported over ten days a month earlier, Zeng Guang, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was quoted by China Daily on Tuesday.
