# 3251
The WHO is reporting another modest increase in confirmed cases over yesterday, with 493 new infections. Given that this is an update of Sunday’s numbers, and many labs were closed over the weekend, a small increase was to be expected.
Additionally, many countries remain incapable of testing for the virus, while some other countries have the ability, but have either a limited capacity or limited desire to do testing.
The result being that the WHO numbers, like the CDC’s (which they admit represent perhaps 1 in 20 real cases) are badly undercounted.
Influenza A(H1N1) - update 38
25 May 2009 -- As of 06:00 GMT, 25 May 2009, 46 countries have officially reported 12 515 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 91 deaths.
For more information on the chronic understating of H1N1 cases around the world, see H1N1 In Europe: Hiding In Plain Sight? and A Yank From Oxford.
