Report as of 8 September 2009

WHO South Pacific – Pandemic Influenza A / H1N1 2009 Surveillance

Report as of 8 September 2009

CountryLast update receivedInfluenza-like illness (ILI)Confirmed pandemic H1N1
New casesTotal to dateTrend of ILINew cases since last report (2 September)Total to date
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths
American Samoa08/09/200920100380
Cook Islands07/09/2009166741
Fed. States ofMicronesia02/09/200926400120
Fiji08/09/20094401500
French Polynesia*01/09/200925,0001623
Guam08/09/20093322691
Kiribati21/08/200940
Marshall Islands26/08/2009901
Nauru01/09/20091,15170
New Caledonia**26/08/20094305
Niue01/09/20095200
Northern Mariana Islands04/09/200960
Palau27/08/2009853370
Pitcairn Islands01/09/200900
Papua New Guinea26/08/2009120
Samoa26/08/20091382
Solomon Islands26/08/20099,71830
Tokelau25/08/200900
Tonga23/08/200910201
Tuvalu***08/09/20093000230
Vanuatu01/09/200930
Wallis & Futuna07/09/2009594110
TOTAL59838,047401,48914
(19 countries & territories affected)

In addition:

Australia07/09/200935,579161
Hawaii****24/07/20091,4243
New Zealand31/08/20093,13316
World08/09/2009254,2062,837
(176 countries, WHO Update # 64)

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

Data between countries may not be comparable.

World statistics as at 28 August – Update # 63, actual case count is higher than reported figure above.

*as of 1 Sept the health department estimates that the cumulative number of cases of H1N1 is 25,000

**as of 25 Aug the health department estimates that the cumulative number of cases of H1N1 is 30-40,000.

***Tuvalu: additional cases are not new cases but are due to lab backlog & with dates on onset from 4th week July – 1st week August

****Hawaii no longer reports all cases

● Indicates trend of ILI is unchanged