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FACTBOX-Country by country spread of flu outbreak
02 May 2009 12:37:39 GMT
Source: Reuters
May 2 (Reuters) - A man in Italy has been infected with the potentially fatal H1N1 flu, the first confirmed case in the country, health officials in the Tuscany region said on Saturday.

Worldwide, 16 countries have confirmed cases.

Here are details of the latest number of worldwide cases of the new strain of the H1N1 flu virus:

COUNTRY DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES SUSPECTED CASES

MEXICO 101* 397 2,500

UNITED STATES 1 145 0

CANADA 0 51 0

BRITAIN 0 13 642

SPAIN 0 15 103

GERMANY 0 5 12

NEW ZEALAND 0 3 149

FRANCE 0 2 41

ISRAEL 0 3 1

SWITZERLAND 0 1 17

AUSTRIA 0 1 2

DENMARK 0 1 0

HONG KONG 0 1 0

NETHERLANDS 0 1 0

SOUTH KOREA 0 1 24

ITALY 0 1 17

AUSTRALIA 0 0 121

ARGENTINA 0 0 13

COLOMBIA 0 0 10

VENEZUELA 0 0 9

BRAZIL 0 0 7

PERU 0 0 7

CHILE 0 0 4

GUATEMALA 0 0 3

COSTA RICA 0 0 2

EL SALVADOR 0 0 2

SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 2

BENIN 0 0 1

FINLAND 0 0 1

NORWAY 0 0 1

SWEDEN 0 0 1

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* NOTES:

-- Mexico cut its suspected death toll from the H1N1 flu to up to 101 from as many as 176, as dozens of test samples came back negative.

Sources: WHO/CDC/National health authorities


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