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Summary
Number of Swine flu cases have been on a rise in the US,health officials say their count of U.S. swine flu cases has surpassed 40,000, and deaths have risen to 263.Hospitalizations from swine flu total about 4,800. The numbers, released Friday, are up from 37,000 confirmed and probable cases and 211 reported last week.Those are lab-confirmed and probable infections. CDC officials believe those cases are just the tip of the iceberg. They estimate more than 1 million Americans have been infected with the virus so far, though many probably had only a mild illness.However, the situation in Europe is somewhat worse,Swine flu in Wales is now spreading at a rate of 300 new cases a day.More than 1,300 people in Wales were last night estimated to be suffering from swine flu a rise of nearly 300 people in a single day.At the current rate of transmission, the number of Welsh sufferers will top 3,000 by the end of next week.The virus is now spreading faster in Wales than in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
