Report as of 17 November 2009

WHO South Pacific – Pandemic Influenza A / H1N1 2009 Surveillance

Report as of 17 November 2009

Country Last update receivedInfluenza-like illness (ILI) casesConfirmed pandemic H1N1
New casesTotal to dateTrend of ILINew cases since last report (3 Nov)Total to date
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
American Samoa16/11/200936237370850
Cook Islands03/11/20091661061
Fed. States of Micronesia17/11/200933800750
Fiji16/11/2009002330
French Polynesia*11/11/200935,0001837
Guam18/11/200950913382
Kiribati30/10/200940
Marshall Islands10/11/20091151
Nauru09/11/20091,15180
New Caledonia**08/09/20095007
Niue02/11/20095200
Northern Mariana Islands04/09/200960
Palau17/11/2009221,03100460
Pitcairn Islands12/10/200900
Papua New Guinea17/11/200900120
Samoa02/09/20091382
Solomon Islands10/11/200918,69930
Tokelau25/08/200900
Tonga06/11/200910201
Tuvalu08/09/2009300230
Vanuatu01/09/200930
Wallis & Futuna30/09/2009594550
TOTAL5858,0873801,95321
(19 countries & territories affected)

In addition:

Australia27/10/200937,039186
Hawaii***24/07/20091,4243
New Zealand18/11/20093,18720
World13/11/2009>503,536>6,260
(206 countries, WHO Update # 74)

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