US confirms 2,254 swine flu cases,281 reported in Canada

“I know that in every state,it’s really easy to focus on the numbers,but I think right now,the numbers don’t tell us as much as the trends,” said Schuchat,CDC’s interim deputy director for science and public health.

Canada confirms 281 swine flu cases

The number of cases of swine flu confirmed in Canada rose to 281,after the country’s first A(H1N1) death was reported a day earlier in Alberta province. There were four new cases reported in Alberta,while another 19 were confirmed in British Columbia. Ontario had 14 new reported cases and Quebec one.

Authorities said all the new cases reported on Saturday were mild,like most of the cases to date in Canada.

A woman in her 30s from a remote area of western Alberta province was the first person to die from possible swine flu complications in Canada,health authorities said Friday. So far there have been 56 cases confirmed in Nova Scotia; three on Prince Edward Island; two in New Brunswick; 16 in Quebec; and 76 in Ontario; one in Manitoba,two in Saskatchewan; 46 in Alberta and 79 in British Columbia.