What is the situation in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region?
As of 31 October 2009, 23:00 hours, Cairo time, 22,689 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported to WHO by 21 out of 22 Member States of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There are 137 related deaths from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 reported, so far, from 14 member states in the Region. These deaths were reported from Saudi Arabia (28), Oman (25), Yemen (15), Kuwait (17), Islamic Republic of Iran (22), Iraq (7), Bahrain (6), Syrian Arab Republic (6), Egypt (3), Jordan (3), Lebanon (2), Palestine (1), Afghanistan (1) and Qatar (1).
Since the last reporting date (24 October 2009), an additional 5,539 laboratory-confirmed cases of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 were reported from 11 Member States: Afghanistan (249), Bahrain (227), Jordan (419), Iraq (268), Islamic Republic of Iran (444), Kuwait (2,875), Morocco (281), Oman (404), Palestine (145), Sudan (2), Syrian Arab Republic (112), and Yemen (113). No report was available from other countries. Some countries reported cases retrospectively.
To date, 22,689 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
As of 31 October 2009, 23:00 hours Cairo time
Country | Total laboratory-confirmed cases reported by the state parties | Total deaths reported by the state parties |
| Afghanistan | 299 | 1 |
| Bahrain | 793 | 6 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 0 |
| Egypt | 1,070 | 3 |
| Iraq | 904 | 7 |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,638 | 22 |
| Jordan | 1,702 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 6,640 | 17 |
| Lebanon | 761 | 2 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 21 | 0 |
| Morocco | 451 | 0 |
| Oman | 2,829 | 25 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 0 |
| Palestine | 633 | 1 |
| Qatar | 23 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,119 | 28 |
| Sudan | 7 | 0 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 160 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 91 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | 0 |
| Yemen | 455 | 15 |
| Total | 22,689 | 137 |
