Chicago - swine flu which killed almost 10,000 Americans, including 1100 children and 7500 young adults, and one out of six people infected in the United States from a line in April of last year, health officials said Thursday.
"What we have seen in several months, this is the flu that much harder for young people," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the center S. U. Disease Control and Prevention, news conference.
It is estimated that between April and November 14, had almost 50 million cases of H1N1 flu in the United States, primarily in adults and young children. It was more than double the CDC estimates 22 million Americans in November.
Frieden said was hospitalized more than 200,000 Americans - about the same number affected by seasonal influenza in full year.
"Approximately 15 per cent of the entire country to be infected with H1N1 influenza, or about one out of six people," Frieden said information on the media.
"It still leaves most people infected and still remain susceptible to influenza H1N1," he said.
He said that continuing to improve supplies of H1N1 vaccine, and were approximately 85 million doses of vaccine available for distribution to date, with 12 million more doses of the week.
That is up from 73 million doses a week ago - but still much less than expected for the week.
However, Frieden said supplies were opened up enough vaccine had begun at the state of the vaccine distribution to the general public.
He urged people not to be satisfied with the progress to get the vaccine because of reports of the current wave of H1N1 influenza reduction.
"It is still a good chance to be vaccinated," he said. "The vaccine still get the most important thing you can do to protect themselves and your family for the H1N1 flu."
He said that the seasonal flu season beginning, and it was not clear what will happen with H1N1 or whether to have the third wave of the virus in the spring.
"We know that more people are vaccinated, the less the likelihood that more cases or third wave," Frieden said.
In a typical year it kills, seasonal flu and 36,000 Americans and puts 200,000 into the hospital.
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