Stockholm, Aug 27 (Xinhua) European health officials said more than 43,000 people have been affected by the swine flu in Europe.

On Wednesday 745 new cases of swine flu reported in the European countries.

Of the new cases, 615 were confirmed in Germany, 84 in Sweden, 25 in Switzerland and the remaining cases were reported in eight other European countries, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its latest report.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus, also called swine flu, in the European Union (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries increased to 43,990 Wednesday, the ECDC said.

The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about swine flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries.