WHO pandemic update

WHO has urged countries with significant transmission to stop testing and reporting individual cases of novel H1N1 influenza. WHO is still posting numbers, but notes that given the shift in surveillance strategies, these will be severe underestimates. (http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_08_04/en/index.html)

"As of 31 of July 2009, 168 countries and overseas territories/communities have reported at least one laboratory confirmed case of pandemic (H1N1) 09. All continents are affected by the pandemic.

The countries and overseas territories/communities that have newly reported their first pandemic (H1N1) 2009 confirmed case(s) since the last web update (27 July 2009) as of 31 July 2009 are:

Azerbaijan, Gabon, Grenada, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Monaco, Nauru, Swaziland, Suriname

Region	Cumulative total as of 31 July 2009
	Cases*	Deaths
WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)	229	0
WHO Regional Office for the Americas (AMRO)	98242	1008
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)	1301	1
WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)	26089	41
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO)	9858	65
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO)	26661	39
Grand Total	162380	1154