H7N9, China: Number of Confirmed birdflu cases reported from April 25 to May 1 2013 (MoH, May 1 2013): 127 cases, 26 deaths

[Giuseppe]

[Source: China Ministry of Health, full page: (LINK). Automatic translation from Chinese.]

H7N9, China: Number of Confirmed birdflu cases reported from April 25 to May 1 2013

People's Republic of China National Health and Family Planning Commission www.moh.gov.cn


From April 25 to May 1 2013 (16.00) China had reported 19 new human infections with the avian influenza virus A(H7N9).

Among them, three cases from Jiangsu Province, 4 cases from Zhejiang Province, three cases from Fujian Province, five cases from Jiangxi province, 1 case from Shandong province, one case from Henan, two cases from Hunan.

Up to now, China had reported a total of 127 confirmed cases, of which 26 people died , 26 discharged after recovery.

Distribution of cases:

1. Beijing (1)
2. Shanghai (33 cases, 13 deaths ),
3. Jiangsu (27 cases, 6 deaths ),
4. Zhejiang (46 cases, 6 deaths),
5. Anhui (4 cases, 1 death),
6. Fujian (3 cases, no deaths),
7. Jiangxi ( 5 cases, no deaths),
8. Shandong ( 2 cases, no deaths),
9. Henan (4 cases, no deaths),
10. Hunan (2 cases, no deaths).

Cases were sporadic, no evidences of sustained human-to-human transmission.

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