SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Friday reported its 12th death case related to A/H1N1 virus.

    According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a 68-year-old male patient, who has suffered from intestinal cancer, died earlier in the day, raising the country's death toll from the new virus to 12.

    The patient was tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus on Sept. 14 after showing flu symptoms such as coughing and high fever. Then he was treated for pneumonia caused by the infection. But his health condition kept deteriorating and died of pneumonia and intestine bleeding, the ministry said.

    South Korea reported its first death case from A/H1N1 on Aug. 15, and the 11th on Sept. 24 as the new flu broke out in the country in early May.

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