A/H1N1 cases climb to 344 in Philippines

2009-06-18 07:27:51 GMT2009-06-18 15:27:51 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

MANILA, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Philippine health officials reported 33 newly-confirmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1 on Thursday, bringing the total to 344 in the Southeast Asian country.

Twenty-four of the flu cases are male, while the rest of the 33 are female, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said in a press release. The age range of these cases is from 1 to 52 years old.

All but two of the 33 patients are Filipinos, he added.

Meanwhile, the health chief reported 149 fully-recovered patients, which brought the total count of recovered A/H1N1 cases to 242 in the country.

"So far the country has no reported case of death or severe illness in all of the 344 documented positive cases," Duque said.

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