The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Hawai'i has topped 100, but the cases remain relatively mild, officials said yesterday.

The state Department of Health, in its weekly update, yesterday reported 33 new cases of H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. That brings the total number of Hawai'i cases to 115 since the first three cases were confirmed May 5.

All of the new cases are on O'ahu, according to the health department's Web site.

Judy Kern, with the department's communications office, said the new swine flu patients are recovering without complications, or have already recovered, and that no additional information will be made available on such new confirmed cases.

Unlike previous reports, the state yesterday did not say whether the affected people are children or adults, or what schools the minors attend.

Sandy Goya, state Department of Education spokeswoman, said health officials here and on the Mainland are moving away from calling attention to specific cases and schools.

"So there may be no need for us to identify by school because I guess all our cases have been really mild," Goya said.

Cases in O'ahu public schools have covered most of the island, including schools in Niu Valley, Palolo, Waiau, Kapolei, Nanakuli, Mililani and Wahiawa.

Yesterday's Health Department report was the first weekly report, a change from the daily reports it had been issuing.

"The DOH will now focus its priority on testing of individuals at high risk for complications," Kern said. "This new focus is to identify potentially severe cases and focal outbreaks in our community rather than individual cases."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said most H1N1 flu cases in the United States have not been especially severe, and are comparable to traditional seasonal flu cases.

The first U.S. Mainland reports of the new swine flu virus came in April. Since the first swine flu case in Hawai'i was confirmed, state health officials have investigated and done case follow-ups on more than 800 people tested.

Of the specimens tested by the state Department of Health, 5 percent to 10 percent were H1N1 influenza A of swine origin.

The rest of the cases have been seasonal flu, health officials said.