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22 New Cases Push Mainland Flu Tally to 165

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The Chinese mainland confirmed 22 new A/H1N1 flu cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 165, with no reports of deaths.

A worker tests a temperature monitor in the Xingang dock in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, June 13, 2009. Hainan confirmed its first A/H1N1 flu case, a female college student, on Friday night.

A worker tests a temperature monitor in the Xingang dock in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, June 13, 2009. Hainan confirmed its first A/H1N1 flu case, a female college student, on Friday night. [Xinhua]

Four new cases each were confirmed in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, three each were confirmed in Shanghai and provinces of Sichuan and Hubei, and two each in Zhejiang and Hainan provinces, the Ministry of Health said in the latest report.

The other case was reported in Beijing, the ministry said.

According to local health authorities, 38 confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases have been reported in Beijing, 37 in Guangdong, 25 in Fujian, 17 in Shanghai, 15 in Sichuan, nine in Hubei, six in Zhejiang, four in Tianjin, three each in Shandong and Hainan, two in Hunan, and one each in Shanxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Jiangsu and Liaoning.

(Xinhua News Agency June 14, 2009)