Report as of 9 December 2009

WHO South Pacific – Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Surveillance

Report as of 9 December 2009

CountryLast update receivedInfluenza-like illness (ILI) casesConfirmed pandemic H1N1
New casesTotal to dateTrend of ILINew cases since last report (2 Dec)Total to date
CasesDeathsCasesDeaths
American Samoa02/12/2009237850
Cook Islands02/12/20091061
Fed. States ofMicronesia08/12/200933800790
Fiji07/12/2009102340
French Polynesia*11/11/200935,0001837
Guam09/12/2009509003382
Kiribati30/10/200940
Marshall Islands10/11/20091151
Nauru08/12/20091,1510080
New Caledonia**08/09/20095007
Niue02/11/20095200
Northern Mariana Islands04/09/200960
Palau09/12/2009201,11600460
Pitcairn Islands12/10/200900
Papua New Guinea08/12/200900120
Samoa02/09/20091382
Solomon Islands01/12/200918,6991040
Tokelau25/08/200900
Tonga06/11/200910201
Tuvalu08/12/200930000230
Vanuatu01/09/200930
Wallis & Futuna30/09/2009594550
TOTAL2058,006201,95921
(19 countries & territories affected)

In addition:

Australia24/11/200937,196190
Hawaii***24/07/20091,4243
New Zealand05/12/20093,19820
World****04/12/2009>600,000>8,768
(207 countries, WHO Update # 77)

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