# 597
Yesterday we learned of 2 deaths from the H5N1 virus over the past couple of days in Indonesia, and of the existence of a 3rd patient who tested positive.
That third patient has now succumbed to the virus, making him the 69th reported fatality in that nation.
Indonesia confirms three more bird flu deaths
Tue Mar 27, 10:40 PM ET
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A teenager, a 22-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man have died from bird flu in Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Wednesday.
Indonesia has the world's highest human death toll from bird flu and the latest deaths take the death toll from the virus to 69.
The three had been confirmed to have been suffering from the H5N1 virus after a second test, Muhammad Nadirin at the health ministry's bird flu center said by telephone.
