(Updates Spain, Israel, Italy, Portugal)
May 4 (Reuters) - Portugal confirmed on Monday its first case of a new strain of flu, Health Minister Ana Jorge said.
Mexico, however, said it was winning the battle against the new strain of flu as it stayed largely shut for business and cases dropped, but global health officials hinted a pandemic was still likely.
Here are details of the latest number of worldwide cases of the new strain of the H1N1 flu virus:
COUNTRY DEATHS CONFIRMED CASES SUSPECTED CASES
MEXICO 101* 590 2,500
UNITED STATES 1 226 0
CANADA 0 85 0
SPAIN 0 54 60
BRITAIN 0 18 716
GERMANY 0 8 20
NEW ZEALAND 0 5 81
FRANCE 0 4 28
ITALY 0 4 13
ISRAEL 0 4 0
EL SALVADOR 0 2 2
COLOMBIA 0 1 108
SWITZERLAND 0 1 27
SOUTH KOREA 0 1 12
AUSTRIA 0 1 2
COSTA RICA 0 1 2
PORTUGAL 0 1 0
DENMARK 0 1 0
HONG KONG 0 1 0
IRELAND 0 1 0
NETHERLANDS 0 1 0
AUSTRALIA 0 0 35
ARGENTINA 0 0 28
BRAZIL 0 0 15
VENEZUELA 0 0 9
PERU 0 0 7
GUATEMALA 0 0 3
CHILE 0 0 2
BELIZE 0 0 2
SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 2
BENIN 0 0 1
FINLAND 0 0 1
NORWAY 0 0 1
SWEDEN 0 0 1
* NOTES:
-- Mexico cut its suspected death toll from the H1N1 flu to 101 from as many as 176, as dozens of test samples came back negative. Of the deaths that have emerged in Mexico, 25 have been confirmed by the WHO as from H1N1.
Sources: WHO/CDC/National health authorities
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