Posted: May 7th, 2009 | Author: H1N1 News | Filed under: H1N1 Swine Flu Breaking News, H1N1 Swine Flu News, H1N1 Swine Flu Tracking, h1n1 news reports, h1n1 pandemic, h1n1 video news | Tags: h1n1, H1N1 Flu News Swine Flu, h1n1 news, h1n1 reports news, h1n1 virus map, H1N1 Virus News, h1n1 virus swine flu tracking, swine flu pandemic | No Comments »
Canada, which has the 3rd largest case count of H1N1 Swine Flu, may have had its first fatality from the H1N1 Swine Flu. Reports emerging from the Canadian province of Alberta say an elderly woman, who may have been suffering from H1N1 Swine flu, died earlier today in northern Alberta.
7 May 2009, 24 countries have officially reported 2371 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 1112 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 42 deaths. The United States has reported 896 laboratory confirmed human cases, including two deaths.
As of 7 May 2009, 18:00 GMT
The following countries have reported laboratory confirmed cases with no deaths – Austria (1), Canada (201), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (5), Germany (10), Guatemala (1), Ireland (1), Israel (6), Italy (5), Netherlands (2), New Zealand (5), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Republic of Korea (3), Spain (81), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1) and the United Kingdom (32).
The fatality would mark the 3rd in North America outside the Mexican hot zone.
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Posted: May 3rd, 2009 | Author: H1N1 News | Filed under: H1N1 Swine Flu Breaking News, H1N1 Swine Flu News, h1n1 news reports, h1n1 pandemic, h1n1 video news | Tags: h1n1, H1N1 Flu News Swine Flu, h1n1 news, h1n1 reports news, h1n1 virus swine flu tracking, swine flu pandemic | No Comments »
The number of known H1N1 Virus swine flu cases worldwide went to over 800 today, Sunday, May 03 2009. The number of H1N1 Virus Swine Flu Cases in the United States reached 66 cases confirmed, according to the Center For Disease Control.
The latest CDC figures bring the number of confirmed worldwide cases to 853.
The World Health Organization reported 787 cases of swine flu, known to scientists as influenza A (H1N1), before the latest U.S. numbers. The WHO said the virus has been confirmed in 17 countries and has contributed to 20 deaths, 19 of them in Mexico.
New York has the most confirmed U.S. cases, with 63; Texas is second, with 40; and California is third, with 26. A Texas case — a Mexican toddler who was visiting relatives in the United States — is the only U.S. fatality.
The controversy is how dangerous the H1N1 Virus Swine Flu is: the mortality rate in Mexico continues to drop, where the number of confirmed cases wordlwide seems to be trending upwards at a fairly dramatic rate. The question is, will this trend upward allow for a quick enough mutation of the H1N1 Virus/Swine Flu that will increase the mortality rate? It seems its a race against time to create a vaccine and distribute it worldwide before the vaccine becomes worthless due to either the H1N1 virus being too widespread, or mutated too far to have any effect.
