Swine flu accounts for 1,462 deaths

18 August 2009

In a statement published on August 11th  the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 virus  has caused a total of 1,462 deaths worldwide since it was first detected in April.

A total of 177,457 confirmed infections have been officially reported from over 170 countries and regions, but those figures are obviously lower than the real number of A/H1N1 cases as many countries with sustainable community-level transmissions were no longer required to test and report new cases.

The pandemic appears to have peaked and is now in decline in some countries in the southern hemisphere, including Argentina, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. However, the spread of the virus is still being seen in many tropical countries and in Asia, particularly in India, Thailand and Vietnam.

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