Cases of the new swine flu A/H1N1 flu virus have now been found in all 50 U.S. states and tests have confirmed the virus in more than 10,000 people across the nation, U.S. officials said on Monday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said the confirmed tests represent about one in 20 of the actual number of infections, which would bring the total number of U.S. cases to around 200,000. -- Reuters
[U.S. population 307,212,123 / 200,000 H1N1A cases = 1 in 1,536 are already infected. (On May 18, this number was 1 in 3,072.)]
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WHO says swine flu alert closer to pandemic
FTA: Some experts have reported patients with symptoms different from those expected in this type of flu and the virus is causing severe infections in healthy, young adults.
25-June-09 update: US swine flu cases may have hit 1 million.
1 in 307 now infected.
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