BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine health authorities reported on Wednesday a total of 386 A/H1N1 influenza deaths in the country, based on the provincial health departments' reports.

    The updated figure made the country become the second largest number of fatalities from the A/H1N1 virus in the world, just after the United States, which till Aug. 7 had reported 436 deaths.

    The provincial authorities from Rio Negro and San Juan confirmed on Wednesday seven and one deaths respectively.

    In Rio Negro, which is in the south of the country, the death toll rose by 17.

    The city with the largest number of infections in Rio Negro is San Carlos de Bariloche, where an extraordinary summit of the Union of South American Nations will be held.

    Meanwhile in San Juan, western Argentina, the death toll rose by three.

    According to provincial statistics, the districts with the largest number of deaths from A/H1N1 flu are Buenos Aires with 135, Santa Fe 86, Cordoba 26, Rio Negro 17 and Neuquen 11.

    In the 24 provinces of Argentina, Catamarca, La Rioja and Tierra del Fuego have not reported deaths to the moment.

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