12/04/09
Update: To date, they reported a total at least 8,768 deaths.
WHO did not reported the total number of confirmed and reported influenza A H1N1 cases:
"As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is likely to be significantly lower than the actual number of cases that have occurred. WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data."
In the northern hemisphere: the transmission is very high in the USA and Canada, influenza virus circulation remains active and geographically widespread.
In Europe widespread and intense transmission of pandemic influenza virus continued to be observed across most of the continent.
In Western and Central Asia, influenza transmission remains active. Disease activity continues to increase in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Iraq, while activity may have peaked in Israel, Jordan, and Afghanistan.
In East Asia, respiratory disease activity has been reported in Southern China and Japan. In South and Southeast Asia, influenza activity continues to increase in the north-western parts of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia.
In the tropical zone of Central and South America and the Caribbean, influenza transmission remains geographically widespread but overall disease activity has been declining except for focal areas of increasing activity in Jamaica, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
WHO did not reported the total number of confirmed and reported influenza A H1N1 cases:
"As many countries have stopped counting individual cases, particularly of milder illness, the case count is likely to be significantly lower than the actual number of cases that have occurred. WHO is actively monitoring the progress of the pandemic through frequent consultations with the WHO Regional Offices and member states and through monitoring of multiple sources of data."
In the northern hemisphere: the transmission is very high in the USA and Canada, influenza virus circulation remains active and geographically widespread.
In Europe widespread and intense transmission of pandemic influenza virus continued to be observed across most of the continent.
In Western and Central Asia, influenza transmission remains active. Disease activity continues to increase in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Iraq, while activity may have peaked in Israel, Jordan, and Afghanistan.
In East Asia, respiratory disease activity has been reported in Southern China and Japan. In South and Southeast Asia, influenza activity continues to increase in the north-western parts of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia.
In the tropical zone of Central and South America and the Caribbean, influenza transmission remains geographically widespread but overall disease activity has been declining except for focal areas of increasing activity in Jamaica, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
In Africa, pandemic H1N1 2009 virus continues to be isolated from all parts of the continent, and there is evidence of continued co-circulation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 viruses.
In the temperate region of the southern hemisphere, little pandemic influenza activity has been reported
*Countries in temperate regions are defined as those north of the Tropic of Cancer or south of the Tropic of Capricorn, while countries in tropical regions are defined as those between these two latitudes
Source: WHO
Source: WHO
