Egypt reported six more cases of influenza A/H1N1 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of the flu in the populous country to 402, among them one death, according to the Ministry of Health, Xinhua reported.
The six cases include four Egyptians, one Saudi and one British, Health Ministry Spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahine said in a statement.
Shahine said that the health conditions of the new cases are stable after proper treatment, adding that about 291 of the country's total 402 cases have recovered.
The Ministry of Health confirmed on July 19 the first influenza A/H1N1 death, also the first death case of the novel flu in the Middle East region.
Egypt reported its first A/H1N1 flu case on June 2, a 12-year- old Egyptian-American girl coming from the United States via the Netherlands.
As the most populous Arab country hit hard by the fatal bird flu in 2006, Egypt decided in late April to cull all pigs in the country to stem the highly infectious flu A/H1N1.
So far, the novel flu virus has caused more than 162,000 infections in some 168 countries and regions, with about 1,154 people died after being infected by the disease worldwide, according to latest figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO), which on June 11 formally announced the first pandemic in the 21st century.
The WHO announced on July 16 that it will stop tracking A/H1N1 cases, saying that the pandemic is the fastest growing ever and it is pointless to count each case.
However, it called on countries to continue to report clusters of severe cases or deaths caused by the new virus or unusual clinical patterns.