2009 swine flu pandemic in asia 2009 swine flu pandemic in asia the 2009 flu pandemic in asia, part of an epidemic in 2009 of a new strain of influenza a virus subtype h1n1 causing what has been commonly called swine flu, afflicted at least 394,133 people in asia with 2,137 confirmed deaths: there were 1,035 deaths confirmed in india, 737 deaths in china, 415 deaths in turkey, 192 deaths in thailand, and 170 deaths in south korea. among the asian countries, south korea had the most confirmed cases, followed by china, hong kong, and thailand. cases of the a(h1n1) virus in asia: deaths confirmed cases suspected cases no reported cases number of confirmed deaths of a(h1n1) virus in asia: no deaths 1+ deaths 5+ deaths 10+ deaths 50+ deaths 100+ deaths 500+ deaths 1000+ deaths 5000+ deaths number of confirmed cases of a(h1n1) virus in asia: 50 000+ cases 5 000+ cases 500+ cases 50+ cases 5+ cases 1+ cases community outbreaks in asia: community outbreaks