MANILA - A student of St. Andrews School in Parañaque has tested positive for influenza A(H1N1), city health officers confirmed Tuesday.

Health officers said the 14-yr-old student had arrived from Canada. They added that the infection is an isolated case.

School officials have moved opening of classes of St. Andrews to June 22.

The Department on Health on Tuesday confirmed eight more new cases of influenza A (H1N1) over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of the country’s cases to 54.

“We are expecting the number to increase because of the aggressive contact tracing that the Department of Health (DOH) is doing right now and our hospitals have been ready for this situation. These new cases are also like the previous ones that are mild in nature, very similar to the cases seen in other affected counties," Health Secretary Francisco Duque said in a statement.

The eight new confirmed cases include seven Filipinos and one foreigner. Four are males and four are females with an age range of 16-44 years old. Six of the cases are students of the De La Salle University, one is the first confirmed case from the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde and the last is from St. Andrews School.

Two of the eight new confirmed cases had a history of travel. The said cases travelled to the US.

Duque said the eight new infected are responding positively to treatment.