The Swine Flu Facts

April 4, 2010 the world health organization reports more than 213 countries and overseas territories have laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1.  From those reports includes over 17,700 deaths.
from who.int:

Situation update:
The current situation is largely unchanged since the last update. The most active areas of pandemic influenza virus transmission continue to be in parts [...]

LONDON — Since swine flu first emerged in April, it has sparked panic, vaccine production and now, a video game.
In an effort to raise awareness, Dutch researchers have created a game that challenges players to control a new pandemic.
“It is actually what is happening now, what is happening in the real world,” said Albert Osterhaus, [...]

NEW DELHI, India — The streets of the western city of Pune were half-empty, schools in Mumbai were ordered closed, and people suffering aches flooded hospitals across the country as India confronted dueling outbreaks of swine flu and swine flu panic.
Twenty one people have died from the flu here, the government said Friday, and 1,390 [...]

CNN reports:
LONDON, England (CNN) – Treating flu-stricken children with anti-viral medication including Tamiflu and Relenza could do more harm than good, a new report has warned.
Researchers from the University of Oxford found that while the anti-virals reduced the duration of illness by up to one day and a half, they had “little or no effect” [...]

MSNBC reports:

As the first influenza pandemic in 41 years has spread during the Southern Hemisphere’s winter over the past few months, the United States and other northern countries have been racing to prepare for a second wave of swine flu virus.
At the same time, international health authorities have become increasingly alarmed about the new virus’s [...]

AP reports: 
 
MEXICO CITY – No one has identified ground zero in the swine flu epidemic. Just where or when the new strain of influenza first jumped from a pig and began infecting people is a scientific mystery — one that a group of flu detectives is determined to solve.
Scientists are returning next week to La [...]

WHO reports: 
 
14 May 2009 – As of 06:00 GMT, 14 May 2009, 33 countries have officially reported 6497 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection.
Mexico has reported 2446 laboratory confirmed human cases of infection, including 60 deaths. The United States has reported 3352 laboratory confirmed human cases, including three deaths. Canada has reported 389 laboratory confirmed human cases, [...]

WHO update of A(H1N1) infected numbers

Associated Press reports: 
 
MEXICO CITY – A top Mexican medical officer accused the World Health Organization of being slow to respond to the country’s warning about a health crisis that turned into a global swine flu scare. The WHO disputed the claim.
Hong Kong’s leader said Friday the territory has a confirmed case of swine flu, Asia’s first. Besides Mexico and [...]

WHO Raises Pandemic to Level 5