Deaths from swine flue (A/H1N1) in Spain jump to 20

In Spain the number of victims from Swine Flu A/H1N1 virus rose to 20 on Thursday.

Deaths from swine flue (A/H1N1) in Spain jump to 20

Two people, aged 33 and 32 died in the cities of Vigo and Tarragona, while the third death was announced in Seville.

One of the deaths has only just been attributed to the A/H1N1 virus.

Spanish Ministry of Health officials confirmed an increase of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the country. As reported in the Barcelona Reporter between Aug. 16-22 saw a doubling of cases to 15,112 cases, in just one week.

This is 41.17 cases per 100,000 heads of population. In the region of Cataluña, the figure stands at 55 cases per 100,000 people.


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