Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization, and government officials:
Deaths: 16 confirmed in Mexico and one confirmed in U.S., a 23-month-old boy from Mexico who died in Texas.
Confirmed sickened worldwide, 653: 397 in Mexico; 155 in U.S.; 51 in Canada; 13 in Spain and Britain; four each in Germany and New Zealand; two in Israel and France; one each in Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong, South Korea, Denmark and the Netherlands. Mexico is no longer releasing "suspected" numbers; the number of suspected cases was 2,498 before the tally was halted.
The World Health Organization increases its tally of confirmed swine flu cases around the world to 615 from 365.
Asia has two confirmed cases of swine flu in Hong Kong and South Korea. Hong Kong's leader confirmed the case of a Mexican citizen who developed a fever after arriving in Hong Kong via Shanghai on Thursday. South Korea confirmed the disease in a 51-year-old woman who recently returned from a trip to Mexico. The country has one other suspected case. Other Asian countries also have suspected cases.
U.S. confirmed sickened, by state: 50 in New York; 28 in Texas; 17 in California; 16 in South Carolina; seven in New Jersey; six each in Massachusetts and Maine; four each in Arizona and Delaware; three each in Indiana and Illinois; two each in Kansas, Colorado, Virginia, Michigan and Florida; and one each in Ohio, Connecticut, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and Nevada.
Public health emergency declared in the United States.
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