BEIJING (AA) - China confirmed that a total of 63 H7N9 cases have been reported in China, including 14 cases that have ended in death.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said Monday the three new infections were confirmed in patients from Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.
A total of 24 cases, including nine ending in death, have been reported in Shanghai. Seventeen cases, including two deaths, have been reported in Jiangsu Province, and 16 cases, including two deaths, in Zhejiang Province. Anhui Province has reported three cases, with one death. Beijing has reported one case and two others have been reported in Henan Province.
The cause of the virus has been announced as poultry and there is no indication of human-to-human transmission, according to the commission.
