source: Japan has confirmed two more swine flu-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities linked to the virus in the country to five.

source: A 22-year-old man suffering from swine flu died Thursday at Jerusalem’s Sha’are Tzedek Hospital.

source: The nationwide swine flu toll climbed to 88 with a teenaged girl and two women dying due to the virus in Karnataka and Maharashtra while 177 fresh cases of infection were reported from various states.

source: The swine flu toll has surged past 40 in NSW with another five deaths of people with the virus.

The state’s chief health officer Kerry Chant on Thursday confirmed 41 people with swine flu had died but said all of the latest victims had underlying health conditions before contracting the influenza A(H1N1) virus.

Two men, aged 41 and 42, and three women, aged 56, 69 and 85, were the latest swine flu victims.

source: Brazil now has 557 swine flu deaths, making it the country with the highest number of fatalities in the world from the disease, according to figures announced by the health ministry on Wednesday.

The toll puts it ahead of the latest count from the United States, which as of August 20 had 522 swine flu deaths, according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Pinellas, FL: Pinellas County has recorded its second confirmed death from H1N1 flu. The Pinellas County Health Department announced Wednesday afternoon it was notified today that a 50-year-old female who had other underlying health conditions is the county’s second swine flu fatality.

Nebraska: The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has reported a second death in the state attributed to the H1N1 virus.

Miami-Dade, FL: The Miami-Dade County Health Department announced on Wednesday that two more people have died as a result of H1N1 Swine Flu. The latest deaths bring the total number of Miami-Dade County deaths due to swine flu to 21.

source: Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed eight new deaths from Influenza A(H1N1), raising the country’s total death toll to 119.

source: Health Ministry announced on Wednesday the first swine flu death in Syria.

source: Iran said on Wednesday a woman had died of the H1N1 virus in a northwestern region, the Islamic Republic’s first fatality from the new flu strain, state radio said.

source: Durban: Twenty people have died of swine flu in South Africa and more than 5000 have been affected by the A(H1N1) virus.

Dominican Republic: Dominican health authorities reported three new deaths of A/H1N1 influenza on Tuesday, raising the death toll to eight in the country.

Ecuador: Thirteen people died from the A/H1N1flu in Ecuador last week, raising the country’s total death toll to 36, the Ecuadorian Public Health ministry said on Tuesday.

Brazil: Brazilian health authorities confirmed eight more deaths of A/H1N1 flu on Tuesday, raising the country’s death toll to 511.

source: A 42-year-old Mendocino County man who died Friday is the county’s first death believed to be related to swine flu, public health officials reported Tuesday.

source: AN 80-YEAR-OLD Chinese man with a history of chronic lung disease, heart disease and congestive cardiac failure became Singapore’s 13th victim of Influenza A (H1N1-2009).

source: The Gulf sultanate of Oman has recorded its sixth death from swine flu, a 23-year-old woman who was already ill, the health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

source: Nicaragua confirmed its second A/H1N1 influenza death on Monday, the Health Ministry announced.

A 44-year-old female patient from Costa Rica died in a hospital in Managua, Health Minister Guillermo Gonzalez said.