FACTBOX-Country by country spread of new flu strain
April 29 (Reuters) - A government official confirmed the first U.S. death from the new H1N1 swine flu on Wednesday, a 23-month-old child who died in Texas. It is the first death from swine flu reported outside Mexico, the country hardest hit by the influenza outbreak.
Germany confirmed its first cases of swine flu on Wednesday, the eighth country where the virus has been confirmed nearly a week after the threat of a pandemic emerged. Here are details of the latest number of cases country by country:
COUNTRY DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES SUSPECTED CASES
MEXICO 159 26 2,500*
UNITED STATES 1 64 0
CANADA 0 13 0
NEW ZEALAND 0 3 11
GERMANY 0 3 5
SPAIN 0 2 32
ISRAEL 0 2 2
BRITAIN 0 2 23
AUSTRALIA 0 0 91
CHILE 0 0 24
BRAZIL 0 0 20
FRANCE 0 0 20
DENMARK 0 0 11
SWITZERLAND 0 0 9
SOUTH KOREA 0 0 6
AUSTRIA 0 0 4
COLOMBIA 0 0 4
GUATEMALA 0 0 3
COSTA RICA 0 0 2
EL SALVADOR 0 0 2
NORWAY 0 0 1
NOTES:
* MEXICO:
-- Mexico's death toll figure is for deaths that authorities suspect were caused by swine flu.
-- The country's figure for confirmed cases of the disease is the figure given to date by the World Health Organization.
-- The number of suspected cases has been given by the Mexican Health Ministry.
Sources: Reuters/WHO/CDC
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