MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 11,168 people in 42 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus as of 06:00 GMT on Friday, with 86 deaths, the World Health Organization said in its daily report.
The number of laboratory-confirmed cases rose by 134, and one person has died in the U.S. over the previous 24 hours. The Philippines, with one confirmed case, have become the 42nd country to report at least one case of human infection with the deadly virus.
New cases have been registered in the U.S (54 cases, one death), Japan (35 cases), Chile (19 cases), Ecuador (7 cases), Australia (4 cases), Panama (4 cases), China (3 cases), the U.K. (3 cases), Peru (2 cases), Spain (2 cases), Philippines (1 case).
Human A/H1N1 infections have been officially confirmed in the following countries:
United States - 5,764 cases, nine deaths
Mexico - 3,892 cases, 75 deaths
Canada - 719 cases, one death
Costa Rica - 20, one death
Japan - 294 cases
Spain - 113 cases
United Kingdom - 112 cases
Panama - 73 cases
Chile - 24 cases
France - 16 cases
Germany - 14 cases
Colombia - 12 cases
China - 11 cases
Italy - 10 cases
New Zealand - nine cases
Brazil - eight cases
Ecuador - eight cases
Australia - seven cases
Israel - seven cases
El Salvador - six cases
Belgium - five cases
Peru - five cases
Cuba - four cases
Guatemala - four cases
The Netherlands, South Korea, Norway and Sweden have each reported three officially confirmed cases of the human A/H1N1 infection.
Turkey, Finland, Malaysia, Poland and Thailand have reported two cases each.
Single cases have been detected in Argentina, Greece, India, Switzerland, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Portugal and Philippines.
