Global swine flu pandemic deaths pass 10,000: WHO

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Global swine flu pandemic deaths pass 10,000: WHO

December 18, 2009 The number of swine flu deaths worldwide passed the 10,000

mark about eight months after the pandemic strain was uncovered in April,

reaching 10,582, World Health Organisation data showed Friday.

" As of 13 December 2009, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas

territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic

influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 10,582 deaths, " the WHO said.

In data for December 6 released a week ago, the death toll stood at 9,596.

Transmission of the A(H1N1) virus remains " active and geographically widepread "

in the northern hemisphere but disease activity has reached a peak or is waning

in many locations there, the UN health agency added.

© 2009 AFP

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The US total alone last week was over 10,000. Why the discrepency?

Is it the delay in reporting? Or something else.

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Global swine flu pandemic deaths pass 10,000: WHO