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Increasing Number of Cases of H7N9 in China

On January 9, Xinhua reported that two new cases of H7N9 had been reported in Jiangsu Province and Guangdong Province. 

A woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province was diagnosed on January 7 and is being treated in a local hospital. Fushan in Guangdong Province also reported a new case. A 51 year old woman named Cui was hospitalized January 3 and is now in critical condition. She bought a live chicken from a local market on December 31, 2013 and killed the chicken at home.  As of January 8, Guangdong had reported 10 cases. Of those 10 cases, one is known to have died and two recovered. 
Sources: Xinhua, January 9, 2014 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/health/2014-01/09/c_118887631.htm