Thursday, April 30, 2009

US H1N1 Swine Flu Cases Rise To 109 Worldwide 257

There are now 109 confirmed cases of the H1N1 swine flu in 11 states in the US: Arizona 1, California 14, Indiana 1, Kansas 2, Massachusetts 2, Michigan 1, Nevada 1, New York 50, Ohio 1, South Carolina 10 and Texas 26. There has only been one death which was a 23-month old child in Texas since the outbreak.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday raised the alert to Phase 5 which means “strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short.”

The WHO has reported that worldwide there are now a total of 257 H1N1 swine flu laboratory confirmed cases in 11 countries as follows:
US 109 including one death
Mexico 97 including 7 deaths
Canada 19
Austria 1
Germany 3
Netherlands 1
Israel 2
New Zealand 3
Switzerland 1
Spain 13
United Kingdom 8

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