A 23-year-old Indonesian man who kept birds has died from avian influenza, officials there said today, marking the seventh death they attribute to the H5N1 virus.
[...] Case counts vary. Wibowo's death represents the 8th case of avian flu in Indonesia and the 6th death, based on CIDRAP's analysis of news reports. The WHO currently recognizes 4 cases, with 3 deaths.
Indonesian officials today raised the number of suspected human cases from 60 to 85, AFP reported. However, only 3 Indonesians' deaths have been confirmed by WHO labs. Tests for three others are pending.
Read the entire story here. A week ago the number of suspected human cases in Indonesia was 57.