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World Health Organization: H1N1 death toll hits 12,799

19 January 2010 00:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ayaz Abdulla â€“ Baku. The H1N1 virus is currently most active in parts of Europe, North Africa and South Asia, the World Health Organization says, APA reports quoting World Health Organization.
Swine flu has killed at least 12,799 people worldwide since it first emerged in Mexico in March 2009, WHO said Friday in its weekly pandemic update on lab-confirmed cases. At least 2,554 of the deaths were in Europe.
The number of deaths increased by 579 since the last update published nine days ago.
More than half of the deaths, at least 6,880, have been in the Americas. Overall pandemic flu activity continued to decline or remain low in both the tropical and northern temperate zones of the Americas, WHO said.
In North America, peak influenza activity occurred during early October in Mexico, followed by the United States and Canada in the middle and late part of the month.
The most active areas of pandemic influenza transmission currently are in parts of central, eastern and southeastern Europe, North Africa, and South Asia.
Poland, Serbia, Ukraine and Georgia recently reported high respiratory disease activity.
Pandemic influenza transmission is also widespread and active in northern India, Nepal, and in Sri Lanka. The same is true in East Asia, where flu spread appears to be declining overall, the WHO said.