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Nine die of A/H1N1

Nine people died from the H1N1 flu last week and 9,207 people were diagnosed as of Sunday, with 521 new cases, the Beijing health bureau announced yesterday on its website. The recent deaths brought the toll to 28. As of Sunday, 3,319 patients were in hospital, among which 169 were people admitted last week. The new H1N1 cases last week accounted for 59.47 percent of the total flu cases, a small decrease on the previous week.

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