How many people died from Swine Flu in Australia in 2009?

Answer 1

Since the daily and weekly counts of cases and deaths from the Swine Flu, which were initially required by the CDC, WHO, and national health departments of most nations have stopped since the pandemic was declared over, there is no way to know how many now. One reason is there are still ongoing cases scattered around the world even as of early 2012. Another reason is that it was a burden on the reporting entities to try to track and report the numbers. And a large portion of people who had swine flu had mild forms and did not go to the doctor. Their cases could not be counted. And, if no lab test were done to confirm the specific type of flu, there is no way to know for sure if each case should be included in the count or if it is another type of flu.

The treatment is the same as for other types of flu, so there is no real medical need for testing to determine what form of flu someone has in most cases. For this reason, there is no definite count possible on cases of this type of flu any more.

As of October 30, 2009

There have been a total of 12,038 confirmed cases of Novel H1N1 Influenza in Canada and 91 deaths.

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Answer 2

Since the daily and weekly counts of cases and deaths from the swine flu, which were initially required by the CDC, WHO, and national health departments of most nations have stopped since the pandemic was declared over, there is no way to know how many now. One reason is there are still ongoing cases scattered around the world even as of fall 2012. Another reason is that it was a burden on the reporting entities to try to track and report the numbers. And a large portion of people who had swine flu had mild forms and did not go to the doctor. Their cases could not be counted. And, if no lab test were done to confirm the specific type of flu, there is no way to know for sure if each case should be included in the count or if it is another type of flu.

The treatment is the same as for other types of flu, so there is no real medical need for testing to determine what form of flu someone has in most cases. For this reason, there is no definite count possible on cases of this type of flu any more.

As of 9/11/09, there have been 35,921 cases and 169 deaths.

11.83% (20 people) of those who have died were Indigenous people. Four were pregnant women.

According to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aging:

There have been 2 confirmed deaths in the ACT, 48 in NSW, 6 in the NT, 39 in Qld, 20 in SA, 6 in Tas, 24 in Victoria and 24 in WA.