Macao reported eight more confirmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1 on Friday, bringing the total number of such cases to 81 so far.

Three of the newly confirmed cases were imported while the other five were locally infected, according to Macao's Health Bureau.

The three imported cases concerned a 21-year-old local woman who studied in Australia, and fell ill after returning to Macao, a 24-year-old local woman who had been to Hong Kong, and an 11-year- old Australian boy who arrived in Macao Thursday, the Bureau said.

Meanwhile, the five locally-infected patients include a two- year-old local boy, a four-month-old local Portuguese baby girl, a 13-year-old boy and his parents. Five members of the baby girl's family have already tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu virus.

Twenty-three patients who tested positive for the A/H1N1 flu virus were still receiving medical treatments at local hospitals while 46 persons who had close contact with the patients were still under medical observation at their own residences, according to the statistics from the Bureau.

(Xinhua News Agency July 11, 2009)