Saturday, May 2, 2009

Flu cases now 615: WHO

GENEVA - THE World Health Organization has raised its tally of confirmed human cases of swine flu to 615 from 365.

There have been 17 confirmed deaths.

The global body says 15 countries have now reported laboratory-confirmed cases.

Mexico has reported 397 cases and 16 deaths.

The United States has 141 cases and one death.

Canada has 34 cases, while Spain and Britain have 13 each.

New Zealand and Germany have four confirmed cases each, Israel has two, and Austria, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, South Korea and Switzerland each have a case, according to the latest WHO figures on Saturday. -- AP

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