BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- The Ministry of Health has confirmed another human death from bird flu, bringing the death tally in China to seven.

    The new fatality is a 29-year-old woman, surnamed Cao, from Jinhua Town of Chengdu City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the ministry's information office told Xinhua.

    Cao was identified as the 10th human case in China on Monday, after being hospitalized in a critical condition, according to the ministry. Three of the 10 patients are either recovered or under treatment.

    On Jan. 12, she showed fever and pneumonia symptoms. Her samples tested H5N1 positive.

    The office failed to provide more details about the victim, but said it is probing into the source of her infection and any possible bird flu outbreak among poultry in the area where she lived.

    Cao's death brought the country's bird flu fatalities to seven. She was the second bird flu death in Sichuan. The other deaths were reported in the provinces of Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, and in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

  Eighth human bird flu patient out of quarantine 

    The eighth bird flu patient in the central province of Hunan has been removed from quarantine,a local hospital source said Wednesday.

    After a month's treatment, the 6-year-old patient surnamed Ouyang has recovered and can communicate and play with doctors and nurses like a normal child, said Zhu Yimin, head of the Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital.

    The result of the patient's medical exams showed that he would not transfer the disease to other people, Zhu said.

    His parents can now visit their son in the ward where they would celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.

    The boy was confirmed on Jan. 9 to have been infected with H5N1bird flu. He suffered serious damages on both lungs at the beginning.

    Ouyang had fever and pneumonia symptoms on Dec. 24. He was transferred to the hospital on Jan. 11 and has been under round-the-clock monitoring since then.

    China reported 10 human cases of bird flu this winter. Seven of the patients died. Enditem