MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 10,243 people in 41 countries worldwide have been officially diagnosed with the A/H1N1 virus as of 06:00 GMT Wednesday, with 80 deaths, the World Health Organization said in its daily report.
The number of laboratory-confirmed cases rose by 413, and one person died in the previous 24 hours.
New cases have been registered in the United States (346), Japan (51), Panama (6), Spain (4), Peru (1), Poland (1) Chile (1), Colombia (1), France (1). Greece, with one registered case, became the 41st country to report an infection.
Human A/H1N1 infections have been officially confirmed in the following countries:
United States - 5,469 cases, six deaths
Mexico - 3,648 cases, 72 deaths
Canada - 496 cases, one death
Costa Rica - nine cases, one death
Japan - 159 cases
Spain - 103 cases
United Kingdom - 102 cases
Panama - 59 cases
France - 15 cases
Germany - 14 cases
Colombia - 12 cases
Italy - nine cases
New Zealand - eight cases
Brazil - eight cases
Israel - seven cases
China - seven cases
El Salvador - six cases
Belgium - five cases
Chile - five cases
The Netherlands, Cuba, South Korea, Guatemala, Peru and Sweden have each reported three officially confirmed cases of the human A/H1N1 infection.
Norway, Finland, Malaysia, Poland and Thailand have reported two cases each.
Single cases have been detected in Argentina, Australia, Greece, India, Switzerland, Turkey, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, Portugal and Ecuador.
