Mexico Registers Jump in Swine Flu Cases
 Agence France-Presse
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August 05, 2009
| | An employee walks at the "Benito Juarez" International Airport Terminal 2, in Mexico City, in May 2009. (AFP/Alfredo Estrella) | |
Mexico City – Mexico's swine flu caseload rose by almost 1,000 in five days, taking the total soaring above 17,000, with most infections recorded in the southeast of the country, the health ministry said Tuesday.
"As of yesterday (Monday) evening the number of confirmed cases of A(H1N1) in the country was 17,416, of which 146 have died," the ministry said in a statement.
Most of the new infections occurred in July, a ministry spokesman said.
There were no new fatalities, but the updated figure represented a rise of 974 cases of infection since the last ministry update five days ago.
It was unclear where all the new cases had occurred, but the impoverished southeastern state of Chiapas has been struggling to contain a sharp rise in recorded cases in recent weeks.
Since the virus first emerged in Mexico in April, it has spread globally, reaching pandemic level and affecting nearly every country in the world, according to the World Health Organization.
The United States has recorded the most deaths from the virus, 353 so far, followed by Argentina with 165 deaths.
According to the latest WHO figures, which cover cases recorded up to July 31, there are 162,380 cases of infection worldwide, and 1,154 confirmed deaths from the virus. |
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