ALGIERS, June 20 (Reuters) - Algeria has reported its first case of the new H1N1 flu in a woman who arrived from the United States via Germany, the official APS news agency said on Sunday.

It quoted the Health Ministry as saying the woman, an Algerian national, flew into Algiers on a Lufthansa flight from Miami via Frankfurt, accompanied by her two children on Tuesday.

All three were receiving appropriate care in hospital, APS said.

The World Health Organisation, in an update on the spread of the new flu strain earlier on Saturday, said the number of worldwide cases had risen to 44,287, with 180 deaths. (Reporting by Christian Lowe, editing by Jon Hemming)

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