Report as of 16 December 2009

WHO South Pacific – Pandemic Influenza A / H1N1 2009 Surveillance

Report as of 16 December 2009

Country Last update received Influenza-like illness (ILI) cases Confirmed pandemic H1N1
New cases Total to date Trend of ILI New cases since last report (9 Dec) Total to date
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
American Samoa 02/12/2009 237 85 0
Cook Islands 15/12/2009 0 0 106 1
Fed. States of Micronesia 15/12/2009 338 0 0 79 0
Fiji 07/12/2009 234 0
French Polynesia* 11/11/2009 35,000 183 7
Guam 15/12/2009 0 0 338 2
Kiribati 30/10/2009 4 0
Marshall Islands 10/11/2009 115 1
Nauru 08/12/2009 1,151 8 0
New Caledonia** 08/09/2009 500 7
Niue 02/11/2009 52 0 0
Northern Mariana Islands 04/09/2009 6 0
Palau 09/12/2009 1,116 46 0
Pitcairn Islands 12/10/2009 0 0
Papua New Guinea 08/12/2009 12 0
Samoa 02/09/2009 138 2
Solomon Islands 12/12/2009 577 22,902 0 0 4 0
Tokelau 25/08/2009 0 0
Tonga 06/11/2009 10 20 1
Tuvalu 08/12/2009 300 23 0
Vanuatu 01/09/2009 3 0
Wallis & Futuna 30/09/2009 594 55 0
TOTAL 577 61,700 0 0 1,959 21
(19 countries & territories affected)

In addition:

Australia 04/12/2009 37,462 191
Hawaii*** 24/07/2009 1,424 3
New Zealand 16/12/2009 3,199 20
World**** 11/12/2009 >600,000 >9,596
(207 countries, WHO Update # 78)

Note: cells containing dashes (-) indicate that no information is available.

Data between countries may not be comparable.

* The table shows the number of ILI cases reported by clinics in French Polynesia. However, the health department estimates that approximately 45,000 cases of H1N1 influenza have occurred in total in the community.

**as of 8 Sept the health department estimates that the cumulative number of cases of H1N1 is 40-45,000.

***Hawaii no longer reports all cases

● Indicates trend of ILI is unchanged**** WHO no longer reports the number of cases