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Mexico said it was winning the battle against a deadly new strain of flu as it stayed largely shut for business and cases dropped but global health officials warned against complacency.

However Portugal confirmed on Monday its first case of a new strain of flu, Health Minister Ana Jorge said.

Here are details of the latest number of worldwide cases of the new strain of the H1N1 flu virus by:

COUNTRY ... DEATHS ... CONFIRMED CASES ... SUSPECTED CASES

MEXICO ... 101 ... 590 ... 2,500

UNITED STATES ... 1 ... 286 ... 700

CANADA ... 0 ... 101 ... 0

SPAIN ... 0 ... 57 ... 63

BRITAIN ... 0 ... 27 ... 331

GERMANY ... 0 ... 8 ... 20

NEW ZEALAND ... 0 ... 5 ... 81

FRANCE ... 0 ... 4 ... 28

ITALY ... 0 ... 4 ... 13

ISRAEL ... 0 ... 4 ... 0

EL SALVADOR ... 0 ... 2 ... 2

COLOMBIA ... 0 ... 1 ... 108

SWITZERLAND ... 0 ... 1 ... 18

SOUTH KOREA ... 0 ... 1 ... 12

AUSTRIA ... 0 ... 1 ... 2

COSTA RICA ... 0 ... 1 ... 2

PORTUGAL ... 0 ... 1 ... 0

DENMARK ... 0 ... 1 ... 0

HONG KONG ... 0 ... 1 ... 0

IRELAND ... 0 ... 1 ... 0

NETHERLANDS ... 0 ... 1 ... 0

AUSTRALIA ... 0 ... 0 ... 35

ARGENTINA ... 0 ... 0 ... 28

BRAZIL ... 0 ... 0 ... 25

VENEZUELA ... 0 ... 0 ... 9

PERU ... 0 ... 0 ... 7

GUATEMALA ... 0 ... 0 ... 3

CHILE ... 0 ... 0 ... 2

BELIZE ... 0 ... 0 ... 2

SOUTH AFRICA ... 0 ... 0 ... 2

BENIN ... 0 ... 0 ... 1

FINLAND ... 0 ... 0 ...1

NORWAY ... 0 ... 0 ... 1

SWEDEN ... 0 ... 0 ...1

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NOTES:

— Mexico cut its suspected death toll from the H1N1 flu to 101 from as many as 176, as dozens of test samples came back negative. Of the deaths that have emerged in Mexico, 25 have been confirmed by the WHO as from H1N1.