The number of people affected with H7N9 avian influenza, or bird flu risen to 91 on Friday evening, with four new cases being found in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces resulting with seventeen people death because of the flu so far.
Furthermore, confirming the increase in the bird flu cases in its daily update Friday, the country's national health and family planning commission said of the total, seven H7N9 patients have been discharged from hospitals while the other 67 patients were being treated in designated hospitals.
As a matter of fact, a total of 32 cases, including 11 that have ended in death, have been reported from Shanghai city alone.
As a concluding fact, the country officially confirmed the fact about humans infected with the H7N9 virus late last month. According to the commission, China's confirmed H7N9 cases are solitary and there has been no such sign of human-to-human transmission.
The increase in the bird flu cases in China is turning to be a crucial problem for the nation and its humankind.
It's a moment of panic for China.
(AW:Samrat Biswas)
