US swine flu cases exceed 21,000; 87 deaths

The national count of swine flu cases has risen to 21,449 cases and the number of deaths have nearly doubled to 87, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

The tally is up from the last week's count of 18,000 cases and 44 deaths.

Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas have had the most reported illnesses, and the Illinois count rose more than 500 since the last report. 3000 cases have been confirmed in Wisconsin, in Illinois the number reaches 2,526 and in Texas - 2,519. A quarter of the new deaths were in New York.