Swine influenza/ WHO new record: more than 55,000 cases, 238 dead

GENEVA - The influenza A (H1N1) of the swine flu has infected 55,867 people in 109 countries and territories, with 238 deaths, according to the latest balance sheet published Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO).

•     Since the previous WHO review published Monday, 3707 new cases of swine flu, including 7 deaths have been officially listed.
  
      The largest increases were reported in Argentina (+ 203 to 1213 cases including 7 deaths), Australia (+ 421 to 2857 cases including 2 deaths), Brazil (+ 203 to 334 cases), Canada (+ 747 to 6457 cases including 15 deaths), China (+ 167 to 906 cases), Mexico (+ 223 to 7847 cases including 115 deaths), New Zealand (+ 128 to 386 cases), Philippines (+ 101 to 445 cases, including one death), Thailand (+ 185 to 774 cases), the United Kingdom (+ 399 to 2905 cases including 1 death) and Uruguay (+ 159 to 195 cases).
      
      Here are the developments in countries where deaths were recorded, as well as those where more than one hundred patients were diagnosed:
      
       United States: 21,449 cases, 87 deaths (unchanged)
       Mexico: 7847 cases, 115 deaths (+ 223 sick, + 2 deaths)
       Canada: 6457 cases, 15 deaths (+ 747 patients, + 2 deaths)
       Chile: 4315 cases, 4 deaths (unchanged)
       UK: 2905 cases, 1 death (+ 399 patients)
       Australia: 2857 cases, 2 deaths (+ 421 + 1 death)
       Argentina: 1213 cases, 7 deaths (+ 203 patients)
       Philippines: 445 cases, 1 death (+ 101, 1 death)
       Guatemala: 235 cases, 1 death (+ 27 patients)
       Costa Rica: 189 cases, 1 death (40 patients)
       Dem. Dominicaine: 108 cases, 2 fatal (+ patients 15, + 1 death)
       Colombia: 71 cases, 2 deaths (unchanged)
      
      
       China: 906 (+ 167)
       Japan: 893 (+ 43)
       Thailand: 774 (+ 185)
       Spain: 539 (+ 17)
       New Zealand: 386 (+ 128)
       Israel: 375 (+ 84)
       Brazil: 334 (+ 203)
       Panama: 330 (unchanged)
       Germany: 301 (+ 26)
       Nicaragua: 220 (+ 31)
       Peru: 217 (+ 32)
       Uruguay: 195 (+ 159)
       Singapore: 194 (+ 52)
       France: 171 (+ 24)
       Salvador: 160 (unchanged)
       Venezuela: 135 (+ 64)
       Honduras: 118 (+ 10)
       South Korea: 115 (+ 10)
       Ecuador: 115 (+ 20)
       Netherlands: 110 (+ 19)
      
  WHO carries out its own audits, which explains the discrepancy between its statistics and those of the countries.
  
      It also puts the “relevance” of statistics, noting that some of the most affected countries, including the United States, have renounced all recognize contamination. In addition, the UN organization estimates that many poor countries lack the means to detect the presence of the virus.
  
      
  Ennaharonline/ M. O.
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