The Chinese mainland reported 2,024 confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 influenza in the 48 hours ending at 3 p.m. Friday, bringing the total number to 33,064, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Health as saying. So far, a total of 26,588 patients have recovered. Fourteen of 44 patients in serious conditions have been cured, the ministry said. China is currently experiencing what experts called "a second round of A/H1N1 flu infection," as recent infections are more widespread and increasing rapidly. The disease has also caused two deaths on the Chinese mainland -- an 18-year-old woman in Tibet who died on Oct. 4, and a 43-year-old woman who died last Friday in the northwestern province of Qinghai. --SPA
