European health officials say more than 43,000 people have been affected by the swine flu in Europe.

Wednesday, flu-like 745 new cases of pigs in European countries of the 615 new cases were confirmed in Germany, 84 in Sweden, 25 in Switzerland, and the remaining cases were reported in eight other European countries, said the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in his latest report.

ECDC publishes a daily report on cases of swine influenza in the EU and EFTA countries, based on official data from these countries.