Influenza A(H1N1) - update 37

23 May 2009 -- As of 06:00 GMT, 23 May 2009, 43 countries have officially reported 12 022 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 86 deaths.

The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.

Map of the spread of Influenza A(H1N1): number of laboratory confirmed cases and deaths [jpg 492kb]
As of 08:00 GMT, 23 May 2009

Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)

Country	Cumulative total		Newly confirmed since the last reporting period
	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
Argentina	1	0	0	0
Australia	12	0	5	0
Austria	1	0	0	0
Belgium	7	0	2	0
Brazil	8	0	0	0
Canada	719	1	0	0
Chile	24	0	0	0
China	11	0	0	0
Colombia	12	0	0	0
Costa Rica	20	1	0	0
Cuba	4	0	0	0
Denmark	1	0	0	0
Ecuador	8	0	0	0
El Salvador	6	0	0	0
Finland	2	0	0	0
France	16	0	0	0
Germany	17	0	3	0
Greece	1	0	0	0
Guatemala	4	0	0	0
India	1	0	0	0
Ireland	1	0	0	0
Israel	7	0	0	0
Italy	14	0	4	0
Japan	321	0	27	0
Korea, Republic of	3	0	0	0
Malaysia	2	0	0	0
Mexico	3892	75	0	0
Netherlands	3	0	0	0
New Zealand	9	0	0	0
Norway	4	0	1	0
Panama	76	0	3	0
Peru	5	0	0	0
Philippines	1	0	0	0
Poland	2	0	0	0
Portugal	1	0	0	0
Russia	1	0	1	0
Spain	126	0	13	0
Sweden	3	0	0	0
Switzerland	2	0	1	0
Thailand	2	0	0	0
Turkey	2	0	0	0
United Kingdom	117	0	5	0
United States of America	6552	9	788	0
Grand Total	12022	86	854	0

Chinese Taipei has reported 1 confirmed case of influenza A (H1N1) with 0 deaths. Cases from Chinese Taipei are included in the cumulative totals provided in the table above.

Cumulative and new figures are subject to revision

source : http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_05_23/en/index.html