The Chinese mainland confirmed 93 new cases of the A/H1N1 influenza from 6:00 PM on Wednesday to 6:00 PM on Friday, putting the total at 1,537, the Ministry of Health said.

Among the newly confirmed, 56 were "imported cases." The other 37 were infected in the Chinese mainland, the ministry said.

Among the patients, 1,263 have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

No fatal or critical cases of the influenza have been reported on the Chinese mainland so far, but a patient in Hangzhou of eastern Zhejiang Province reportedly died of electrocution caused by leakage of electricity from the electrical circuits in her ward lavatory on July 1.

(Xinhua News Agency July 18, 2009)