WHO 4694 confirmed cases of influenza A, more than half in the U.S.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has risen to 4694 the number of new confirmed cases of flu in 30 countries of the world, according to the latest global stock announced at eight this morning, Spanish hours.
At the top of the list is United States, with 2532 confirmed cases and three deaths, followed by Mexico, with 1626 cases, 48 of them fatal. Canada ranked third, with 284 cases and one death, and Spain in fourth, with 95 cases and no fatalities. These official data from WHO for Spain match those announced yesterday by the Ministry of Health and Social Policy.
For its part, Costa Rica reported on Saturday for its first fatal case of a total of eight confirmed cases in the Central American country. The official WHO balance is usually relatively outdated with respect to the counts of governments, but is considered more reliable as a whole.
Besides, there have been cases in Argentina (a), Australia (one), Austria (one), Brazil (eight), China (two, one in the special administrative region of Hong Kong and the other, announced today, the mainland), Colombia (three), Denmark (one), El Salvador (four), France (13), Germany (11), Guatemala (one), Ireland (one), Israel (seven), Italy (nine) , Japan (four), Netherlands (three), New Zealand (seven), Norway (two), Panama (15), Poland (one), Portugal (one), South Korea (three), Sweden (two), Switzerland (a) and United Kingdom (47).

The third death in U.S. responds to a man in his 30 years, with additional heart problems last week succumbed to the virus in Washington state. The disease appears to move toward the southern hemisphere, where seasonal flu season is just beginning and could be mixed with common viruses or the bird flu virus H5N1 to create new forms of the virus, health officials said.
For its part, the Brazilian authorities have today confirmed two additional cases of influenza A in the country, bringing the number of people who have contracted the disease has now reached eight. According to a communique of the Ministry of Health, new cases have been registered in the states of Rio de Janeiro, where they are the only two patients remained hospitalized until now, and Rio Grande do Sul, which had no records to date viruses AH1N .

Chinese health authorities also confirmed today the first case of influenza A in the mainland, according to state news agency Xinhua. A man of 31 years called Bao has tested positive of H1N1 virus in the province of Sichuan. Bao flew from Tokyo to the United States last Friday. He arrived in Beijing from Tokyo on Saturday on the flight NW029 and U8882 took the flight bound for Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, the same day. Over 130 of the 150 passengers on the flight that took him to that city are in quarantine after being found, Xinhua reported. It was on that flight in which the patient suffered from fever and cold symptoms.
Before the weekend, a traveler was the Mexican first and only case of influenza A in Chinese territory, in Hong Kong. Already been discharged from hospital.