A European health agency said Sunday that 26 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 14 were confirmed in Germany, four respectively in Netherlands and Austria, one respectively in France and Denmark, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.
The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to 1,056, with 291 cases in Spain and 486 in Britain, 57 in France and 63 in Germany, the ECDC said.
The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about the H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.