A European health agency said on Saturday that 81 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases, 26 were confirmed in Denmark, 19 in Romania, 14 in Portugal, 11 in Ireland, seven in Malta, four in Poland, 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 EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to 20,463, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 11,159 in Britain, 628 in France and 2,844 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.

(Xinhua News Agency July 26, 2009)