Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Mexico: Jump in SF Cases - 1,120 New in 5 Days

Mexico registers jump in swine flu cases

August 5, 2009 - 7:24AM
Mexico has recorded a big jump in swine flu cases with more than 1,100 new infections in just five days, taking the total number soaring above the 17,000 mark, the health ministry said.

"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.

There were no new fatalities among the new cases but the updated figure represented a large rise from July 30 when the official number of infections was 16,296.

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