The total of confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases in Canada has risen to 805, including one death, according to the latest figures from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Friday afternoon.
Since Wednesday, 86 new cases have been reported. Quebec reported 37 new cases during the past two days, followed by Saskatchewan with 28, Ontario with 10, Alberta with 8, Nova Scotia with 2 and British Columbia with 1.
Up to now, 10 out of Canada's 13 provinces and territories have reported cases. Ontario has the most cases at 294, followed by British Columbia with 115.
The PHAC said as of May 20, half the cases are 21 years of age or younger with median age of all cases at 21 years. The youngest patient is one year old and the oldest 86 years.
To date, 21 cases have been hospitalized and one death has been reported.
On Friday, a health official in the province of Nova Scotia warned there could be more flu cases in autumn and the strain itself could be more virulent in the wake of the A/H1N1 outbreak.
Robert Strang, the province's chief public health officer, said history has shown that previous flu pandemics have had recurrences in the following flu season and that the flu strain is stronger.
Nova Scotia reported Canada's first group of four cases of A/H1N1 flu at the end of April.
(Xinhua News Agency May 23, 2009)
