GENEVA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The world's total number
of lab confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases has risen to 10,243, including 80 deaths, the
World Health Organization (WHO) said in a latest update on Wednesday.
There is an overall increase of
413 cases compared with the accumulated number on Tuesday. A total of 41
countries have been affected by the new flu virus.
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The United States has reported a total of 5,469
confirmed cases, of which 346 were reported in the past 24 hours. Mexico's total
number of cases remains at 3,648, without change compared with Tuesday. Canada's
total number of cases also remains at 496.
In the meanwhile, Japan reported 51 new cases and its
total number of cases has risen to 210. Spain reported four new cases, with its
total now standing at 107. Panama reported six new cases with a total of 65
cases.
So far most of the deaths have occured in Mexico,
where the virus was first identified. Infections in countries outside of Mexcio
are mostly mild ones.
But the WHO has repeatedly warned that the severity
of the disease might increase and the world should remain highly vigilant of a
possible pandemic.
