Report as of 23 December 2009

WHO South Pacific – Pandemic Influenza A / H1N1 2009 Surveillance

Report as of 23 December 2009

Country Last update receivedInfluenza-like illness (ILI) casesConfirmed pandemic H1N1
New casesTotal to dateTrend of ILINew cases since last report (16 Dec)Total to date
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
American Samoa02/12/2009237850
Cook Islands22/12/2009001061
Fed. States of Micronesia21/12/2009534330820
Fiji21/12/200916,474002340
French Polynesia*21/11/2009235,000001837
Guam15/12/2009509003382
Kiribati30/10/200940
Marshall Islands10/11/20091151
Nauru21/12/20091,1510080
New Caledonia**08/09/20095007
Niue02/11/20095200
Northern Mariana Islands04/09/200960
Palau23/12/2009171,13300460
Pitcairn Islands20/12/20090000
Papua New Guinea08/12/2009120
Samoa02/09/20091382
Solomon Islands12/12/200922,90240
Tokelau22/12/2009000000
Tonga06/11/200910201
Tuvalu08/12/2009300230
Vanuatu01/09/200930
Wallis & Futuna30/09/2009594550
TOTAL2478,705301,96221
(19 countries & territories affected)

In addition:

Australia11/12/200937,484191
Hawaii***24/07/20091,4243
New Zealand16/12/20093,19920
World11/12/2009>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