A European health agency said on Friday that 395 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.

Of the news cases, 251 were confirmed in Germany, 97 in Britain, 22 in Sweden and 11 in the Czech Republic, while the remaining 14 cases were reported in five other European countries, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) countries increased to 48,223, with 16,835 cases in Germany, 13,192 in Britain, 2,624 in Portugal, 2,058 in Italy and 1,839 in Greece, the ECDC said.

Out of the 120 reported deaths from the new flu, one new fatal case is from Italy, one from Greece, two from Spain and five from Britain, the ECDC added.

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 September 5, 2009)