Brazil's health authorities confirmed on Sunday two more cases of A/H1N1 flu, including another contagion in the country.

Brazil now has a total of 8 cases of A/H1N1 flu, and two of the patients contracted the disease in the country, said a press release of the Health Ministry.

One of the newly-confirmed cases is from Rio de Janeiro and the other from Rio Grande do Sul state.

Earlier, the ministry had announced that the number of suspected cases of the new flu in the country fell from 30 to 18.