Costa Rican Health Ministry reported on Friday six new cases of influenza A/H1N1, raising the infection toll in the country to 118.

The authorities have registered 2,197 suspected cases, out of which 1,937 were discarded and 129 were waiting to be analyzed, Health Minister Maria Luisa Avila said.

There were 13 cases were considered as "highly possible," the minister said.

All the patients were from the central part of the country and Guanacaste province, while Puntarenas and Limon have not registered any case.

(Xinhua News Agency June 13, 2009)