I haven’t heard much about the H1N1 virus lately, so I decided to check the CDC and WHO websites to see what was going on. Â The above may is from the CDC and shows domestic cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC)Â has this to say about cases in the US:
U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection (As of May 15, 2009, 11:00 AM ET)   States* Confirmed and Probable
CasesDeaths Alabama 55 cases 0 deaths Arkansas 2 cases 0 deaths Arizona 435 cases 1 death California 504 cases 0 deaths Colorado 55 cases 0 deaths Connecticut 47 cases 0 deaths Delaware 60 cases 0 deaths Florida 68 cases 0 deaths Georgia 18 cases 0 deaths Hawaii 10 cases 0 deaths Idaho 5 cases 0 deaths Illinois 638 cases 0 deaths Indiana 71 cases 0 deaths Iowa 66 cases 0 deaths Kansas 30 cases 0 deaths Kentucky** 13 cases 0 deaths Louisiana 57 cases 0 deaths Maine 14 cases 0 deaths Maryland 28 cases 0 deaths Massachusetts 135 cases 0 deaths Michigan 142 cases 0 deaths Minnesota 36 cases 0 deaths Missouri 19 cases 0 deaths Montana 4 cases 0 deaths Nebraska 27 cases 0 deaths Nevada 26 cases 0 deaths New Hampshire 18 cases 0 deaths New Jersey 14 cases 0 deaths New Mexico 68 cases 0 deaths New York 242 cases 0 deaths North Carolina 12 cases 0 deaths North Dakota 2 cases 0 deaths Ohio 14 cases 0 deaths Oklahoma 26 cases 0 deaths Oregon 94 cases 0 deaths Pennsylvania 47 cases 0 deaths Rhode Island 8 cases 0 deaths South Carolina 36 cases 0 deaths South Dakota 4 cases 0 deaths Tennessee 74 cases 0 deaths Texas 506 cases 2 deaths Utah 91 cases 0 deaths Vermont 1 cases 0 deaths Virginia 21 cases 0 deaths Washington 246 cases 1 death Washington, D.C. 12 cases 0 deaths Wisconsin 613 cases 0 deaths TOTAL*(47) 4,714 cases 4 deaths*includes the District of Columbia
**one case is resident of KY but currently hospitalized in GA.
This table will be updated daily Monday-Friday at around 11 AM ET.
NOTE: Because of daily reporting deadlines, the state totals reported by CDC may not always be consistent with those reported by state health departments. If there is a discrepancy between these two counts, data from the state health departments should be used as the most accurate number.
Pretty much sums it up for the US. What about the world? Turning to the World Health Organization’s (or WHO) website, I found the following map:
The US has almost doubled Mexico’s (where this all began) cases. Â Currently the US has 4,714 while Mexico has 2,895 cases with 4 and 66 deaths respectively.
It’s been reported that the real concern will be this fall and winter when the virus can turn more deadly and resistant to anti-virals. Â Let’s hope not.