This past week, the World Health Organization chose to stop requesting individual case counts from nations with outbreaks of pandemic swine flu / novel H1N1. The world case count has become more and more inaccurate as nations stop counting every case or stop publicly posting counts.

The seasonal influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere seems to be dominated by pandemic influenza. The tropics, Africa and Asia, are almost certainly having similar outbreaks but the poverty and poor medical care in most of these nations is resulting in little or no reporting.

This will be the last world pandemic flu report from us until the Fall wave appears. If the counting process changes and data is readily available again, we will resume reporting the numbers.

Here is the world pandemic flu report for today. It consists of the WHO report dated July 1, 2009 plus the latest reports from Australia, Canada and the United States and other countries marked in this color. The totals are those posted at those sites at the time this report was produced. Those sites will change as they receive new data. We will post a new report as we are able.

Here is the world pandemic flu report for today. It consists of the WHO report dated June 29, 2009 plus the latest reports from Australia, Canada and the United States and other countries marked in this color. The totals are those posted at those sites at the time this report was produced. Those sites will change as they receive new data. We will post a new report as we are able.

Chart of pandemic swine flu case counts by world region for June 29 2009. Click on the chart for a larger version.

Here is the world pandemic flu report for today. It consists of the WHO report dated June 26, 2009 plus the latest reports from Australia, Canada and the United States. The totals are those posted at those sites at the time this report was produced. Those sites will change as they receive new data. We will post a new report as we are able.

Pie chart showing pandemic H1N1 flu cases by world region as of June 27, 2009. Click on this chart for a larger image.

The World Health Organization is reporting a total of 55,867 cases of pandemic swine flu, also called pandemic novel H1N1. 238 related deaths are also reported.

This table shows all the nations reporting over 100 cases. It is mid-winter south of the equator, the heart of the seasonal flu season. Nations all or partially south of the equator are marked in this color. Brazil and Uruguay are notable for a sharp increase in cases in the last few days.