Macao reported six new Influenza A (H1N1) cases today, bringing the total number of such cases to 149.

The six patients are all females, aged between 17 and 41.

Three of them visited Hong Kong between 16 and 22 July. They showed flu symptoms on 18 July and were all tested positive for the virus today.

To date Macao had reported 149 Influenza A (H1N1) cases, with 15 patients receiving treatment. Nine patients had recovered and were discharged from hospital today, taking the total number of discharged patients to 113.

Macao’s pandemic alert remained at Level VI, Blue, which indicated that there were no fatal cases and the spread of the virus was moderate.