Global Flu Cases Top the 2,000 Mark!

HEALTH May 08, 2009 Global Flu Cases Top the 2,000 Mark By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. and SHARON OTTERMAN More than 2,000 people in 23 countries worldwide now have confirmed cases of the new strain of the H1N1 flu, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. A bus stop in Mexico City on Wednesday as some people began returning to work. Over half of the 2,099 laboratory confirmed cases are in Mexico, the apparent epicenter of the virus, where 44 people are confirmed to have died of the disease, popularly referred to as swine flu. Thirty percent of the W.H.O. confirmed cases are in the United States, where authorities say the virus is now widespread, and two deaths have been reported. Some state health authorities have said they no are longer testing every possible case of the virus, which has proved less deadly than initially feared and has mostly resulted in mild infections. In New York state, for example, authorities said Wednesday they will test only enough to follow overall trends in the virus, as they do with seasonal flu. The national tally of confirmed cases, which rose on Thursday to 896 cases in 41 states, is therefore only a general picture of the virus’s spread. 1. Frugal Traveler: Research: The Traveler’s Best Friend 2. State of the Art: Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed 3. Op-Ed Columnist: Bristol Palin’s New Gig 4. All You Need to Know to Twitter 5. Turkey Burgers Don’t Count » Go to Complete List Advertisement 500 Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. This is not a love story. This is a story about love. Watch the new trailer! Click here to view trailer Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company Privacy Policy