1,529 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, July 29 (Xinhua) -- A European health agency said Wednesday that 1,529 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases, 1,096 were confirmed in Germany, 104 in Norway, 91 in Netherlands, 63 in Sweden, 50 in Ireland, 34 in Austria, 17 in Switzerland, 14 in Luxemburg, 12 in Iceland, nine in Romania, seven respectively in Denmark, Slovenia and Hungary, five in Lithuania, three respectively in the Czech Republic, Estonia and Slovakia, two respectively in Bulgaria and Latvia, one respectively in Norway and Estonia, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to 22,817, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 11,159 in Britain, 628 in France and 4,445 in Germany, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about the H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.