Van Nine Thousand Dead
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that total about nine thousand fatalities reported in the world AH1N1 influenza product, the Americas being the most affected area with more than five thousand.
However Epidemiological Control Center of America (CEC) reported that the United States alone add up to ten thousand fatalities caused by the flu pandemic will increase significantly in the last month when went from 4 thousand to 10 thousand dead, and 303 thousand hospitalizations.
In court on Friday released the WHO points out that both in America and Europe has reached the top of the pandemic, so far, but the CDC noted that no one can predict the evolution of influenza will result AH1N1 the arrival of winter.
WHO said a week ago with 207 countries reported cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza AH1N1, and in the present report add up to 208 countries worldwide that are reporting cases, but because the numbers are unmanageable now only being reported the public of the deaths caused by pandemic influenza.
In this regard the number of deaths from influenza AH1N1 reported by 208 countries is 8 thousand 768, being the Americas region has the highest number with 5 thousand 878, followed by Europe with 918.
Epidemiological Control Center (ECC) in a report that between April and November there have been 67 million patients with the pandemic virus, most of 303 thousand people have been hospitalized and almost 10 thousand died just in the U.S.
The CDC reported a significant increase in deaths between October and November in U.S. product AH1N1 influenza.
The CDC estimates indicate that between April and October last year totaled an average of 4 thousand deaths related to influenza AH1N1, while in November amounted to almost 10 thousand, ie in just one month amounted to an average of six thousand, especially among ages of 18 and 64.
As from the beginning of the epidemic in April and October until the court cases of influenza AH1N1 ranged between 14 million and 34 million infected, but for the court November 14 came to 67 million cases, of which 38 million were for people aged between 18 and 64.
In terms of hospitalizations from April to October were between 63 thousand and 153 thousand, but November came to 303 thousand people AH1N1 infected with influenza who were hospitalized in the United States, with which 172 are between 18 and 64 years old
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