Source: CNN.com

Six Chinese infants may have died from consuming melamine-tainted milk powder, twice the number previously reported by the government, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

The Ministry of Health said it has screened more than 22 million infants and children since September 10 and found that contaminated milk has sickened nearly 300,000 children — a six-fold increase from the previous total of about 50,000.

China’s health officials had investigated 11 infant death cases and ruled out a connection to the tainted milk powder in all but six of those. The government had previously confirmed three infant deaths linked to tainted milk.

Earlier this month, the World Health Organization reported that four infant deaths in China had been confirmed.

The Ministry of Health found that 294,000 infants have suffered from urinary ailments.

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