The WHO said Friday nearly 5,000 people worldwide have died from H1N1 since the virus was first identified last April, the Associated Press reports. "Since most countries have stopped counting individual swine flu cases, the figure is considered an underestimate," the news service writes. According to the WHO, there were an estimated 4,999 deaths from H1N1 through Oct. 18 - a jump of 264 deaths from the week prior (10/24).

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