Egypt on Sunday registered four more death cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing the nationwide death toll to 248, said the Health Ministry in a statement.

The dead cases came from the governorates of Port Said, Alexandria, Cairo and Assiut, said the statement.

Up till now, Egypt has reported more than 15,600 cases of the novel flu, according to the Health Ministry.

Egypt confirmed its first influenza A/H1N1 death case on July 19 of a 28-year-old Egyptian woman, who was back from Saudi Arabia after making Umrah (pilgrimage to Mecca at any time of the year).

(Xinhua News Agency January 25, 2010)