20 people died from H7N9 in China

Until the afternoon of April 21, China had 102 cases of H7N9 infection, of which 20 died, Xinhua reported.

According to a report by the China Health and Family Planning Committee, in one day from 16:00 on April 20 to 16:00 on April 21, China discovered 6 new cases of infection. In it, there is a case in Jiangsu Province and 5 cases in Zhejiang Province.

More than 100 people have been infected and 20 people have died from the H7N9 virus in China. (Photo: Rian)

To date, Zhejiang Province has overtaken Shanghai, where it first detected cases of H7N9 virus infection, becoming the province with the most H7N9 infections in China with 38 people, including 5. died. Meanwhile, Shanghai has detected 33 cases positive for H7N9 and 11 cases have died.

China's Health and Family Planning Committee also said that the epidemic situation in China is changing positively when so far 12 people have been cured and discharged in a complete state. healthy. Most recently, Shanghai had 3 more cases of illness and was discharged.

However, many experts still expressed concern about the H7N9 epidemic situation in China when the number of new infections as well as the death toll has not shown signs of stopping. Meanwhile, the search for the source of the spread of this deadly virus is not yet clear.

China detected the first cases of H7N9 infection around the end of last month. So far, more than 100 people have been infected since less than a month and 20 have died from the virus. Meanwhile, until now, the Chinese government has confirmed that the cases of infection are unique and there is no sign of this virus being able to spread from person to person.