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Global H1N1 flu death toll approaches 100
Posted: 26 May 2009 0806 hrs
MEXICO CITY - The worldwide death toll for Influenza A (H1N1) was creeping up to triple digits on Monday with new deaths in North America, while a clutch of new cases emerged in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
MEXICO CITY - The worldwide death toll for Influenza A (H1N1) was creeping up to triple digits on Monday with new deaths in North America, while a clutch of new cases emerged in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
According to the latest United Nations' World Health Organisation tally, 12,515 people have been infected with A(H1N1) across 46 countries, including 91 deaths.
The figure represents a rise of 493 cases on the previous WHO total and included five new deaths in Mexico, the epicentre of the outbreak, but did not include the newest three Mexico deaths, one more fatality in Canada and two more deaths in the United States, bringing the global toll to 97.
Mexico's Health Ministry on Monday confirmed a rise in the country's flu deaths to 83, with more than 4,458 confirmed infections from the virus.
US media also reported that a woman in Chicago with underlying medical conditions died from the virus, following confirmation from health officials Sunday that a New York woman in her fifties had died from the disease.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the virus in 6,764 cases.
A 44-year-old Toronto man on Monday became the second person in Canada to die of A(H1N1) flu, as the country's latest figures showed 805 cases nationwide.
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