Last updated JULY 16, 2009 at 11:30 A.m.
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CONFIRMED | SUSPECTED | DEATHS | Title | Description |
94 | 29 | 1 | United States | |
14 | 17 | California US | Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency to help deal with the outbreak. 39 Marines were confined to their base in southern California after one falls sick, possibly with swine flu. | |
7 | 1 | San Diego California US | ||
5 | Imperial California US | |||
1 | 3 | Sacramento California US | ||
0 | 2 | Los Angeles California US | Officials were investigating the deaths of two men for links to swine flu on Tuesday. One, a 33-year-old man died April 25; the second, a 45-year-old man, died April 22. | |
1 | Twentynine Palms San Bernadino California US | |||
2 | Marin California US | |||
4 | Riverside California US | |||
1 | San Joaquin California US | |||
3 | Santa Clara California US | |||
1 | Tulare California US | |||
2 | Kansas US | |||
2 | Dickinson Kansas US | A married couple both tested positive after the husband visited Mexico for a professional conference. The couple were not hospitalized, and their illness was mild. | ||
1 | Ohio US | |||
1 | Elyria Lorain Ohio US | |||
16 | 1 | Texas | Gov. Rick Perry issued a state of disaster on Wednesday, which allows officials to employ protective measures and seek federal aid. Dozens of schools were closed to be sanitized on Wednesday; about 53,000 were out of school due to concern over the virus. | |
1 | 1 | Houston Texas | A Mexican toddler, 2, who had traveled with his family to Texas was the first death from swine flu in the U.S. | |
3 | Dallas Texas US | |||
5 | Guadalupe Texas US | |||
2 | Starr Texas US | |||
49 | 2 | New York | ||
45 | New York Queens New York US | Many cases in New York City were tied to an outbreak at at Catholic high school. Several students had just returned from a spring-break trip to Mexico. | ||
1 | New York Bronx New York US | |||
1 | New York Kings New York US | |||
1 | South Bend Indiana US | Student at Notre Dame confirmed to have swine flu. | ||
2 | Michigan US | |||
1 | Livingston Michigan US | |||
1 | Arizona US | |||
2 | Lowell Massachusetts US | Two brothers, ages 8 and 10, are the first confirmed swine-flu cases in New England. The boys became sick after a trip to Mexico. | ||
1 | Nevada US | |||
0 | 4 | Delaware US | ||
0 | 4 | Newark Delaware US | Four cases with the same symptoms as swine flu were reported at the University of Delaware. | |
6 | Maryland US | |||
3 | Severna Park Anne Arundel Maryland US | All three cases are within the same family. None of the patients traveled to an affected region, but a fourth family member, who might have contracted the virus but hasn't been tested, did. | ||
3 | Millford Mill Baltimore Maryland US | Two of the cases reported are within the same family. | ||
3 | Maine US | |||
2 | Kennebec Maine US | |||
1 | York Maine US | |||
336 | 2379 | 57 | Mexico | |
43 | 0 | 3 | Aguascalientes Mexico | |
0 | 378 | 2 | Baja California Mexico | |
0 | 0 | 0 | Baja California Sur Mexico | |
0 | 0 | 1 | Campeche Mexico | |
0 | 0 | 0 | Chiapas Mexico | |
0 | 2 | 0 | Chihuahua Mexico | |
0 | 20 | 0 | Coahuila Mexico | |
0 | 0 | 0 | Colima Mexico | |
89 | 346 | 26 | Mexico City Mexico | In Mexico City, considered the epicenter of the epidemic, there was a citywide shutdown that closed schools, restaurants, concert halls and sports arenas to help stop the virus from spreading. |
0 | 34 | 0 | Durango Mexico | |
76 | 64 | 4 | Estado de Mexico Mexico | |
9 | 19 | 1 | Guerrero Mexico | |
23 | 196 | 0 | Hidalgo Mexico | |
0 | 30 | 0 | Jalisco Mexico | |
0 | 21 | 3 | Michoacan Mexico | |
4 | 17 | 0 | Morelos Mexico | |
1 | 0 | 0 | Nayarit Mexico | |
1 | 53 | 1 | Nuevo Leon Mexico | |
1 | 53 | 1 | Oaxaca Mexico | Health officials confirmed the first death from swine flu was April 13, when a 39-year-old woman died here. |
0 | 19 | 0 | Puebla Mexico | |
0 | 37 | 0 | Guanajuato Mexico | |
3 | 30 | 0 | Queretaro Mexico | |
1 | 32 | 0 | Quintano Roo Mexico | |
12 | 100 | 13 | San Luis Potosi Mexico | |
0 | 0 | 0 | Sinaloa Mexico | |
0 | 280 | 0 | Sonora Mexico | |
0 | 0 | 0 | Tabasco Mexico | |
37 | 340 | 1 | Tamaulipas Mexico | |
35 | 245 | 0 | Tlaxcala Mexico | |
1 | 23 | 0 | Veracruz Mexico | |
0 | 3 | 0 | Yucatan Mexico | |
0 | 37 | 1 | Zacatecas Mexico | |
1 | 0 | Perote Veracruz Mexico | Officials believe the first known case of swine flu was from a four-year-old boy, who tested postive here. The area has many large pig-breeding farms. | |
4 | 0 | Mexicali Baja California Mexico | ||
1 | Cancun Quintana Roo Mexico | Many tourists who have visited this beach spot on the Yucatan peninsula have returned home with the flu. | ||
1 | Matehuala San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Ahualulco San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | San Luis Potosi San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | St. Maria San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Soledad San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Venado San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Villa de Arriaga San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Tijuana Baja California Mexico | |||
1 | Tecate Baja California Mexico | |||
1 | Playa de Rosarito Baja California Mexico | |||
1 | Calera Zacatecas Mexico | |||
1 | Guadelupe Zacatecas Mexico | |||
1 | Juquila Oaxaca Mexico | |||
1 | Gustavo A. Madero Mexico City Mexico | The first known case of swine flu in Mexico City occurred in the northern borough of Gustavo A. Madero, according to a senior city government official. | ||
1 | Azcapotzalco Mexico City Mexico | |||
1 | Cerritos San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | San Luis Potosi San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Rioverde San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
3 | Ciudad Valles San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | San José de Gracia Aguascalientes Mexico | |||
1 | Oaxaca Oaxaca Mexico | |||
1 | Tamasopo San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Charcas San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
1 | Soledad de Graciano Sanchez San Luis Potosi Mexico | |||
5 | Britain | |||
2 | 0 | 0 | Polmont Scotland Britain | Couple contracted swine flu during their honeymoon in Mexico. |
1 | Torbay England Britain | A 12-year-old girl is found to have the disease; her school is closed as a precaution to keep the virus from spreading. | ||
1 | London England Britain | Patient had recently visited Mexico and was not in serious condition. | ||
1 | Birmingham England Britain | Patient had recently visited Mexico and was not in serious condition. | ||
14 | New Zealand | A school group that recently returned from Mexico has contributed to the number of cases here. All were responding to antiviral drugs and in voluntary quarantine. | ||
14 | 0 | 0 | Mairangi Bay North Shore City New Zealand | Mairangi Bay |
2 | Israel | In two of the cases reported, both men had recently returned from Mexico. | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | Netanya Israel | |
1 | 0 | 0 | Tel Aviv Israel | |
10 | Spain | Spain reported its first case of swine flu in a person who has not recently visited Mexico on Wednesday. | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | Valencia Spain | |
2 | 0 | 0 | Castilla-La Mancha Spain | |
6 | Catalonia Spain | |||
1 | Basque region Pais Vasco Spain | |||
13 | Canada | Of the reported cases, two were males who contracted a mild form of the disease after traveling to Mexico; neither required hospitalization. | ||
3 | British Columbia Canada | |||
3 | 0 | 0 | Vancouver British Columbia Canada | |
4 | Nova Scotia Canada | |||
4 | 0 | 0 | Windsor Nova Scotia Canada | |
2 | Alberta Canada | |||
1 | Calgary Alberta Canada | |||
1 | Northern province Alberta Canada | |||
4 | Ontario Canada | |||
3 | Durham Ontario Canada | |||
1 | York Ontario Canada | |||
1 | Austria | A 28-year-old woman who spent a month in Guatemala and returned to Austria via Mexico City and Miami has the virus but is recovering. | ||
3 | Germany | Cases include a 22-year-old woman, a man in his late 30s, and a 37-year-old woman. All three had recently returned from Mexico. | ||
1 | Hamburg Germany | |||
2 | Bavaria Germany | |||
2 | Costa Rica | |||
1 | San Jose Costa Rica | Central America confirmed its first case of swine flu in a 21-year-old Costa Rican woman who returned to San Jose from Mexico | ||
1 | Escazú Costa Rica | The second patient is a young Costa Rican man in his late twenties who visited Mexico last week. |
SOURCES: Staff reports; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and World Health Organization. Interactive by Nathaniel V. Kelso; Research by Madonna Lebling, Robert Thomason, Mary Kate Cannistra and April Umminger - The Washington Post. First published April 27, 2009 at 10 p.m.
