BEIJING -- Nine more A(H1N1) flu cases were confirmed on the Chinese mainland Monday, bringing the total number to 89.

Six new cases were reported in the southwestern Sichuan Province, and the patients were all infected through local transmission, the Sichuan Health Department said.

In Shanghai, a 47-year-old Chinese-American woman tested positive for the flu, said the municipal government.

In the southeastern city of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, a 12-year-old American boy was confirmed infected with A(H1N1) flu, the Provincial Health Department said. He was from New York and arrived in Fuzhou Friday.

Also Monday, a new flu case was confirmed in southern Guangdong Province, said the Ministry of Health, but no personal information about the patient was released.

So far, the Chinese mainland has registered 89 confirmed A(H1N1) patients, of whom 50 have been discharged from hospital, and 39 are being treated, the Ministry of Health said.

There have been no reports of deaths from A(H1N1) flu on the Chinese mainland.