The World Health Organization has increased its tally of confirmed swine flu cases around the world to 236 from 148.
The global body says most of the new confirmed cases came from Mexico.
WHO’s flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday the number of confirmed cases in Mexico has increased to 97 from 26, including 7 deaths. Swine flue outbreaks have been registered in US, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Spain, Israel, Germany and Austria.
WHO raised the pandemic flu alert to phase 5 on Wednesday, one step away from the highest level indicating a global outbreak. WHO flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday there were no indications in the past day that would prompt the U.N. body to raise the alert further.
