Description of the situation
23 May 2009 - As of 06:00 GMT, 23 May 2009, 43 countries have officially reported 12 022 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 86 deaths.
The breakdown of the number of laboratory-confirmed cases by country is given in the following table and map.
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Map of the spread of Influenza A(H1N1): number of laboratory confirmed cases and deaths 
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As of 08:00 GMT, 23 May 2009 
Laboratory-confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) as officially reported to WHO by States Parties to the International Health Regulations (2005)
| Country | Cumulative total | Newly confirmed since the last reporting period | ||
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Australia | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 
| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Belgium | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Brazil | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Canada | 719 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Chile | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| China | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Colombia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Costa Rica | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Cuba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ecuador | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| El Salvador | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| France | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Germany | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Guatemala | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Israel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Italy | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Japan | 321 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 
| Korea, Republic of | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mexico | 3892 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New Zealand | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Norway | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Panama | 76 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 
| Peru | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Spain | 126 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| United Kingdom | 117 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 
| United States of America | 6552 | 9 | 788 | 0 | 
| Grand Total | 12022 | 86 | 854 | 0 |