STOCKHOLM, July 21 (Xinhua) -- A European health agency said on Tuesday that 212 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

    Of the new cases, 86 were confirmed in Germany, 38 in Denmark, 21 in Switzerland, 12 in Portugal, 11 in Ireland, 8 each in Norway, Romania and Slovenia, seven in Austria, four each in Iceland and Bulgaria, two in Malta, and one each in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Latvia, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

    The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association)countries rose to 17,181, with 1,309 cases in Spain and 10,649 in Britain, 628 in France and 1,555 in Germany, the ECDC said.

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