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WASHINGTON - The United States has confirmed 91 cases of swine flu in 10 states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, up from 65 cases in six states the day before.
CDC acting director Richard Besser said new H1N1 infections had been confirmed in Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan and Nevada.
Five people had required hospital treatment, he told reporters, including a Mexican toddler who has become the first swine flu fatality in the United States.
"Unfortunately I would anticipate that we will see additional deaths," Besser added.
In Spain, the number of confirmed cases of swine flu has more than doubled to 10, the government said Wednesday.
Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said six more cases had been confirmed, all of them in the northeastern region of Catalonia.
The health ministry earlier Wednesday had reported a total of four confirmed cases of the deadly disease.
- AFP/ir
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