H7N9 update: 7th person dies! Two more people infected! More people tested in Hong Kong!

08 April 2013 (11:23 UTC-07 Tango 06)/27 Jumada l-Ula 1434/19 Farvardin 1391/28 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711

A seventh person has died in Shanghai.  The 64 years old man died one week after showing symptoms. By Wednesday he had pneumonia.

Health officials in Jiangsu Province say two people are sick with H7N9.  An 85 years old man and a  25 years old woman.

In Hong Kong, seven people are being tested for H7N9.  So far everyone tested in Hong Kong have been negative for the new bird flu.

At this point there are 24 confirmed cases of H7N9, and seven deaths, since the end of March.