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WHO: A(H1N1) flu deaths reach 2,837
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-04 20:33

GENEVA: The World Health Organization says at least 625 people have been reported dead from A(H1N1) flu in the last week.

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The A(H1N1) flu virus has caused at least 2,837 deaths since it emerged in Mexico and the United States earlier this year and developed into a full-blown global epidemic. Most of the deaths are in the Western Hemisphere.

WHO said Friday that laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease have now reached 254,206.

Spokesman Gregory Hartl says the figure far understates the actual number of cases because countries are no longer required to report each infection as the caseload is so high.

He says the number of deaths is growing proportionately to the increase in number of infected people.