Thailand's Public Health Ministry on Tuesday announced the country's ninth death related to the deadly new influenza A/H1N1 virus, the second in a day.

The ninth death is an eight-year-old girl from central province of Phetchaburi, the Thai-language news agency INN reported.

Earlier Tuesday, the ministry announced that a 58-year-old male patient died from renal failure at a hospital in the capital of Bangkok on July 2.

As of Tuesday morning, the ministry announced 156 more patients, bringing the country's total number to 2,428.

Thailand had its first two confirmed patients on May 12.

(Xinhua News Agency July 7, 2009)