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H1N1 flu deaths rise to 337 in Argentina

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-06 09:58

BUENOS AIRES: Argentine Health Ministry Wednesday reported the A(H1N1) influenza death toll in the country rose to 337.

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Vice Health Minister Maximo Diosque told local media that they were testing other 400 deaths to determine whether these victims had died of A(H1N1) flu.

He said Argentina had registered a total of 762,711 flu cases, of which 93 percent were A(H1N1) flu.

Argentina is the second worst-hit country in the world, just behind the United States, which reported 353 deaths from A(H1N1) flu on Tuesday night.