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Influenza A (H1N1): Eastern Mediterranean Region - WHO latest update, 02 Nov 2009

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
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
Morocco
451
Oman
2,829
25
Pakistan
5
Palestine
633
1
Qatar
23
1
Saudi Arabia
4,119
28
Sudan
7
Syrian Arab Republic
160
6
Tunisia
91
United Arab Emirates
79
Yemen
455
15
Total
22,689
137