Report as of 23 December 2009

WHO South Pacific – Pandemic Influenza A / H1N1 2009 Surveillance

Report as of 23 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 (16 Dec) Total to date
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
American Samoa 02/12/2009 237 85 0
Cook Islands 22/12/2009 0 0 106 1
Fed. States of Micronesia 21/12/2009 5 343 3 0 82 0
Fiji 21/12/2009 16,474 0 0 234 0
French Polynesia* 21/11/2009 2 35,000 0 0 183 7
Guam 15/12/2009 509 0 0 338 2
Kiribati 30/10/2009 4 0
Marshall Islands 10/11/2009 115 1
Nauru 21/12/2009 1,151 0 0 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 23/12/2009 17 1,133 0 0 46 0
Pitcairn Islands 20/12/2009 0 0 0 0
Papua New Guinea 08/12/2009 12 0
Samoa 02/09/2009 138 2
Solomon Islands 12/12/2009 22,902 4 0
Tokelau 22/12/2009 0 0 0 0 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 24 78,705 3 0 1,962 21
(19 countries & territories affected)

In addition:

Australia 11/12/2009 37,484 191
Hawaii*** 24/07/2009 1,424 3
New Zealand 16/12/2009 3,199 20
World 11/12/2009 >600,000 >10,582
(208 countries, WHO Update # 79)

Note: Data between countries may not be comparable.

– Indicates that no information is available

● Indicates trend of ILI is unchanged

* 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.

** New Caledonia Health Department estimates that the cumulative number of cases of H1N1 is 40-45,000.

***Hawaii no longer reports all cases