The Chinese mainland has reported 91 deaths from the A/H1N1 influenza in the week from Dec. 14 to 20, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Health as announcing Wednesday. A total of 6,129 A/H1N1 flu cases were reported during the period. A/H1N1 accounted for 87.5 percent of flu cases, a minor drop from the week before last, said the notice on the ministry"s official website. Pregnant women accounted for 8.7 percent of severe cases of theA/H1N1 influenza and 15.7 percent of deaths during this period, it said. Many places across the country still had a high incidence of the A/H1N1 flu, the notice said, urging people, especially pregnant women, to get inoculated according to the schedules of local health departments. As of Monday, almost 40.6 million people nationwide had been inoculated against the A/H1N1 flu while more than 75.2 million doses of vaccines had been approved for use.
