The total number of flu A/H1N1cases in Malaysia rose to 326 on Saturday as the authorities reported 35 new confirmed cases on the day.

The Malaysian Health Ministry said that 11 of the 35 new cases were local transmitted cases, the highest number of such cases reported in a single day in the country.

Malaysian Health Ministry Director-General Ismail Merican said five of the locally transmitted cases were participants of the Asia-Pacific Pharmaceutical Conference held in Penang, in northwest Malaysia, from June 27 to 30.

A total of 12 participants at the Conference have been confirmed infected with the flu so far.

Ismail said that 237 of the 326 cases in the country had recovered and been discharged from hospital.

(Xinhua News Agency July 5, 2009)