Bangladesh Sunday announced that in the first half of this year the country has detected 298 cases of A/H1N1 flu.

The latest statistics of the country"e;s Institute of Epidemiology,Disease Control and Research under the Health Ministry released here on Sunday showed 298 cases of A/H1N1 flu were confirmed during January-June period of this year, raising the overall figure to 1,183.

Of total flu cases in the first six months of this year, the official data showed, 61 cases were detected in June, 55 cases in May, 98 cases in April, 73 cases in March, 10 cases in February and 1 case in January.

The official data also showed that during the same period a 34- year-old woman died of the disease.

With the latest death case this year, the number of flu death toll in the country has so far risen to 7 since recording its first A/H1N1 case on June 18 last year.

Source: Xinhua