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Two more patients have succumbed to type-A (H1N1) influenza, rasing the fatalities in Thailand to 11, Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi announced Wednesday.

He said one of the two new fatalities was a patient who died at the Vajira Hospital and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration would announce the details later the day.

The second victim was a 19-year-old Patthalung resident who died at a hospital in Phuket. The hospital would announce the details later in the day.

Manit Nopamornbodi added 290 more cases of the flu have been confirmed.

The new cases added up to 2,714 cases in Thailand.

Of these, 2,593 patients have been cured and 110 are still in hospitals and eight of them are in severe condition, Manit said.