Mexico, U.S., Canada announce more flu deaths

The World Health Organization says at least 46 countries have confirmed more than 12,954 swine flu cases. The Mexican death toll now stands at 83, and Canada's is two. The U.S. death is the 12th in the country.

Puerto Rico and the Czech Republic, meanwhile, both reported their first swine flu cases on Monday.

U.K. health officials say the number of swine flu cases reported in Britain has risen to 184.

Britain's Department of Health said Tuesday it has confirmed 47 new cases of the virus, largely traced to an outbreak at a single school in Birmingham.

Mexico unveiled a $90 million campaign aimed at luring back tourists to the country where the illness has hit hardest. The government-funded push will feature ads with opera singer Placido Domingo, champion golfer Lorena Ochoa and other national heroes.

Tourism is Mexico's third-largest source of legal foreign income, but worries over swine flu have sent hotel occupancy rates to a record low.

In the U.S., federal health authorities have confirmed 6,700 swine flu cases, most of them mild. But New York health officials reported another death over the weekend.

Dr. Damon Arnold, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health said the latest victim, a Chicago-area resident, had other medical conditions, but authorities released no other information about the person.

In Canada, officials said Monday that a Toronto man who had swine flu but also suffered a chronic medical condition died Saturday. Dr. David Williams, Ontario's acting chief medical officer of health, said in a statement the coroner was investigating to determine what role swine flu played in the fatality.

South Korean health authorities say three Americans are among four new confirmed swine flu cases.

The Health Ministry said Tuesday that three American males and one Australian female came to South Korea this month to work as English teachers at private language schools. They were living in the same building in Seoul.

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