Friday, May 22, 2009

WHO Influenza Update #36

 

 

# 3239

 

 

 

The WHO has released its daily numbers, we see a very modest jump of 134 confirmed cases.  

 

As I reported yesterday (see The Surveillance Gap and Arizona & Utah Report Swine Flu Fatalities)  and again on Wednesday (see H1N1 In Europe: Hiding In Plain Sight?) there are genuine problems in our global surveillance, not to mention a reluctance by some countries to look very hard for the virus.

 

In any event, for whatever it is worth, here are today’s numbers.

 

 

 

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Influenza A(H1N1) - update 36

22 May 2009 -- As of 06:00 GMT, 22 May 2009, 42 countries have officially reported 11 168 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 86 deaths.