A total of 70 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Saturday.

France is the main reporting country with 48 new cases, while other new cases were reported from 8 other European countries, the 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 6,092, with 4,250 cases in Britain, 541 in Spain, 366 in Germany, 239 in France and 118 in the Netherlands, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about A/H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.

(Xinhua News Agency June 28, 2009)