BEIJING: China said Monday it had recorded 659 swine flu deaths in 2009, nearly all of them in the last two months of the year, and warned that the danger of mass outbreaks still existed in certain areas.
The health ministry said in a statement that the total number of A(H1N1) infections recorded since the virus was first detected last year stood at 120,940.
At the end of October, the reported death toll stood at just six. The number of recorded deaths then spiked, reaching about 180 at the start of December and 659 by the end of the month.
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