The Chinese mainland on Monday reported its seventh death from A/H1N1 flu in central Hunan Province, Xinhua reported. The patient, a 14-year-old middle school student in Changning City, died of cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral hernia and respiratory failure Saturday after nearly one month of medical treatment failed, a spokesman with the Hunan Provincial Public Health Department said. The student was first treated for having a fever on October 2, and developed hepatic and renal insufficiency five days later when he was tested A/H1N1 positive, the spokesman said. As of Monday, the Chinese mainland had reported 48,748 cases of the A/H1N1 influenza, of whom 118 were in critical conditions. --SPA
