Swine Flu confirmed deaths: 10

Here's what the WHO says about the number of people who die yearly from the common flu:

Influenza epidemics occur yearly during autumn and winter in temperate regions. Illnesses result in hospitalizations and deaths mainly among high-risk groups (the very young, elderly or chronically ill). Worldwide, these annual epidemics result in about three to five million cases of severe illness, and about 250 000 to 500 000 deaths.

At the very least (250 000 / year), that's about 685 deaths per day.

How many deaths confirmed to be related to swine flu? The WHO currently reports 10. That includes 9 cases reported in Mexico and 1 case in the US.

Granted, H1N1 is communicable between species and we don't know how it behaves yet, but my bet is that current news and blog coverage is largely hype and alarmism.