I believe they do have a test for it.
I'm sure that they do as there would be no way to tell the difference between this strain and another. The questions I was raising are more along the lines of can this be done by the local doctor's office or does it require sending out the specimen and having it tested?
If it is sent out then the numbers have a chance of being correct since the number of testing facilities would be lower than the number of individual doctor offices/hospitals. A reduced source of data, but the testing/result data would be more standardized and a much larger data set.
Another question would be who (WHO?) is collecting the data and making the results public and what is their agenda?
It seems we may be screwed no matter how the H1N1 shakes out. If it is as bad as it might be, then we are boned. If it is not and the administration gets it's way with the number and launches into 'fixing the crisis', then we maybe FUBAR.