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H1N1 flu has infected 4,379 people in 29 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday, increasing its count by almost a thousand in a day.
The UN agency said Mexico has reported 1,626 confirmed cases, up from 1,364 on Saturday, and repeated that 45 people have died there from the new flu strain that is a genetic mixture of swine, bird and human viruses.
The Mexican government has said the worst is over and eased restrictions on commercial and public activity in the country that has been at the epicentre of the outbreak.
The WHO's latest flu tally increased the number of confirmed infections in the US to 2,254 from 1,639 reported on Saturday, while the number of reported deaths remained at two.
American officials on Saturday said a man died from the new flu in Washington state last week, bringing the toll in the US to three.
WHO increased the number of infections in Canada to 280, from 242, and repeated one person had died there.
It said one person had also died in Costa Rica, which had eight confirmed cases.
WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan had raised the global pandemic alert level last week to 5, meaning that a pandemic was imminent. Evidence that the disease is spreading from humans to humans very easily, outside the region of Americas, would prompt WHO to declare a full blown phase 6 pandemic.
The UN agency said Mexico has reported 1,626 confirmed cases, up from 1,364 on Saturday, and repeated that 45 people have died there from the new flu strain that is a genetic mixture of swine, bird and human viruses.
The Mexican government has said the worst is over and eased restrictions on commercial and public activity in the country that has been at the epicentre of the outbreak.
The WHO's latest flu tally increased the number of confirmed infections in the US to 2,254 from 1,639 reported on Saturday, while the number of reported deaths remained at two.
American officials on Saturday said a man died from the new flu in Washington state last week, bringing the toll in the US to three.
WHO increased the number of infections in Canada to 280, from 242, and repeated one person had died there.
It said one person had also died in Costa Rica, which had eight confirmed cases.
WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan had raised the global pandemic alert level last week to 5, meaning that a pandemic was imminent. Evidence that the disease is spreading from humans to humans very easily, outside the region of Americas, would prompt WHO to declare a full blown phase 6 pandemic.
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