Li began exhibiting flu symptoms on March 28 and was taken to a hospital in Bozhou city on April 1 after his condition worsened, according to a statement from the Anhui Provincial Health Department.

Li is currently in stable condition, said the statement, adding that 12 others who have had close contact with the patient have not shown any signs of infection so far.

Before Li's case of H7N9 was confirmed, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) reported that there were a total of 20 H7N9 cases across the country as of 5 pm Sunday, including two cases that were newly reported in Shanghai on Sunday.

One is a Shanghai resident and the other is from neighboring Anhui province,clay brick machine, according to Shanghai authorities,concrete block machine.

The two male patients, 67 and 59 years old, respectively, hollow block machine developed flu symptoms in late March and were diagnosed with pneumonia over the last week, Shanghai's health and family planning commission said in a statement.

An initial investigation showed that six people who have had close contact with the two have not exhibited flu symptoms.

So far, Shanghai alone had 10 confirmed H7N9 cases, with four resulting in death. The other six patients have been quarantined and are undergoing treatment.

As of 5 pm Sunday, three cases, including two that ended in death, had been reported in east China's Zhejiang Province, six cases in Jiangsu province, and one case in Anhui province, according to the NHFPC.

Governments at provincial levels across the country have reinforced efforts in their fights concrete block machine with the disease, even if there are no such reports in some regions.

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