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FACTBOX-Country by country spread of new flu strain

Published 04/29/2009, 11:44 AM

(Updates tolls)

April 29 (Reuters) - A Mexican toddler in Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain, the first confirmed death outside Mexico from a virus which health officials fear could cause a pandemic as it spread to two more countries in Europe.

Germany and Austria announced their first confirmed cases of swine flu on Wednesday, taking to nine the number of countries known to be affected.

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 90 0

CANADA 0 13 0

SPAIN 0 10 53

BRITAIN 0 5 23

GERMANY 0 3 12

NEW ZEALAND 0 3 11

ISRAEL 0 2 2

AUSTRIA 0 1 2

AUSTRALIA 0 0 91

FRANCE 0 0 30

SWITZERLAND 0 0 25

CHILE 0 0 24

BRAZIL 0 0 20

SOUTH KOREA 0 0 17

DENMARK 0 0 11

COLOMBIA 0 0 4

GUATEMALA 0 0 3

COSTA RICA 0 0 2

EL SALVADOR 0 0 2

SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 2

NORWAY 0 0 1

FINLAND 0 0 1

CROATIA 0 0 1

NOTES:

* MEXICO:

-- Mexico has reported 159 deaths which are based on symptoms and initial tests, with seven deaths so far confirmed by additional laboratory analysis at the World Health Organization.

Sources: Reuters/WHO/CDC

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