Confirmed A/H1N1 swine flu cases worldwide top 10,000, with 80 deaths
20:56, 20 May 2009
MOSCOW. May 20. KAZINFORM A total of 10,243 people in 41 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus as of 06:00 GMT Wednesday, with 80 deaths, the World Health Organization said in its daily report; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The number of laboratory-confirmed cases rose by 413, and one person died in the previous 24 hours.
New cases have been registered in the United States (346), Japan (51), Panama (6), Spain (4), Peru (1), Poland (1) Chile (1), Colombia (1), France (1). Greece, with one registered case, became the 41st country to report an infection.
Human A/H1N1 infections have been officially confirmed in the following countries:
United States - 5,469 cases, six deaths
Mexico - 3,648 cases, 72 deaths
Canada - 496 cases, one death
Costa Rica - nine cases, one death
Japan - 159 cases
Spain - 103 cases
United Kingdom - 102 cases
Panama - 59 cases
France - 15 cases
Germany - 14 cases
Colombia - 12 cases
Italy - nine cases
New Zealand - eight cases
Brazil - eight cases
Israel - seven cases
China - seven cases
El Salvador - six cases
Belgium - five cases
Chile - five cases; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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