4,694 confirmed A(H1N1) influenza cases around the world: WHO
July 30, 2009 by admin
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The number of laboratory-confirmed cases of the swine flu or A(H1N1) virus has increased to 4,694 – double from the last Friday’s figure – and also claimed 53 lives around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
According to latest WHO update, Mexico and the US have topped the list of 30 countries where laboratory-confirmed human cases of the virus have been reported. Mexico has 1,626 cases with 48 deaths while the US has 2,532 with three deaths.
“WHO’s pandemic alert level remains at Phase 5 – on a six-point warning scale – as it has for the past several days,” Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s Acting Assistant Director-General for Health Security and Environment said.
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