China - NHFPC announces 20 H7N9 bird flu cases for March 2015 including 18 deaths - All cases previously known - April 13, 2015

[sharon sanders]

March 2015 National Notifiable Infectious Diseases Overview​

People's Republic of China Ministry of Health and Family Planning2015-04-13 ​

[FONT=&#20223]　　March 2015 (at 0:00 on March 1st, 2015 to March 31 24), the national (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the same below) reported a total of 484,896 cases of notifiable infectious diseases, died 1454 people. Among them, the CPI no infectious disease, deaths reported. B infectious SARS, polio and diphtheria incidence and deaths were reported, and the remaining 23 kinds of infectious diseases were reported incidence of 326,664 cases, 1447 people died. Before the reported incidence of the five diseases were viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrhea, bacillary and amoebic dysentery, accounting for 93% of the total cases reported B infectious diseases.
　　The same period, the country reported a total of 158,232 cases of class C infectious diseases incidence of death seven people. Before the reported incidence of the three diseases were other infectious diarrhea, hand-foot-mouth disease and influenza, accounting for 90% of the total reported cases of class C infectious diseases.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&#20223]http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn/jkj/s3578/20...ee49ec7a.shtml

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We have 22 cases announced for March. It is possible that cases #621 and #622 had onset dates in February but were announced on March 3rd. A clarification by WHO would be greatly appreciated:


#621 - Female, 36, [Jeong], hospitalized in critical condition, Chaozhou, Guangdong province

#622 - Male, 50, [Tangmou], hospitalized "sicker", Chaohu city, Anhui province

#623 - Male, 68, [Qianmou}, hospitalized "sicker", Chizhou, Anhui province

#624 - Male, 79, [Pingmou], hospitalized in critical condition, Susong, Anhui province

#625 - Male, 62, [Lumou], hospitalized in critical condition, Sanshui, Foshan, Guangdong province

#626 - Male, 57, [Wumou], hospitalized in serious condition, Jiangmen, Guangdong province

#627 - Male, 58, [Yang], hospitalized, Tai'an, Shandong Province

#628 - Male, 57, Changshan county, Zhejiang province

#643 - Male, 57, confirmed by Taiwan health on March 27 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province

#644 - FAO EMPRESS announced, in Xihu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province

#645 - Male, 52, confirmed by Shanghai health, Shanghai

#646 - Female, 37, hospitalized in critical condition, resides in Jiangsu province, Shanghai

#647-654 - This line adds 8 cases. Zheijing province announced 10 cases & 10 deaths for March '15. Two are previously noted above. 10 Death

#655-656 - Fujian province announced 2 cases for March 2015.[/FONT]


Source: FluTrackers H7N9 case list link

 

[sharon sanders]

Also at the government link in post 1 is the mention of 3 high pathogenic avian flu cases, including 1 death, for the month of March. FT has noted these H5N1 cases for March. The identity of the death has not been disclosed:


106) China - Male, 34, onset March 13, hospitalized March 18, Yunnan

122) China - Male, 17, onset March 17, hospitalized March 20, Yunnan

135) China - Male, 6, announced by CHP on March 3, Yunnan


Source: FluTrackers 2015 Global H5N1 Case List link