STOCKHOLM, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A European health agency said Monday that 55 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

    Of the new cases, 22 were confirmed in Germany, 15 in Greece, five in Cyprus, three in Bulgaria, two respectively in Belgium, Ireland and Portugal, one respectively in Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, and Romania, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

    The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to 6,173, with 541 cases in Spain and 4,250 in Britain, 239 in France and 388 in Germany, the ECDC said.

    The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about the H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.

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