BRASILIA – BRAZIL has registered 899 deaths from swine flu, maintaining its status as the country worst-hit by the pandemic, the health ministry in South America’s largest nation said on Wednesday.

In announcing the data the ministry also said that the number of serious cases in the country ‘fell for the fifth straight week,’ indicating a reduction of the spread of the A(H1N1) virus.

Brazil became the country with the highest death toll in late August when it surpassed the United States, which now has 593 swine-flu-related fatalities.

Brazil’s neighb0uor Argentina has 512 deaths.

In its latest bulletin, the World Health Organisation reported that as of September 6 the virus has killed at least 3,205 people worldwide after being discovered in March this year in Mexico. — AFP

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