Thanks to Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary for this item from Kuwait News Agency: Egypt announces 110th discovered bird flu case. Excerpt:
Egypt on Saturday announced the 110th discovered bird flu case in the country, saying the patient’s condition is “critical”.
“The 20-year-old female was transferred to Sadr al-Abbasiya Hospital in Cairo, as she was suffering from high temperature and breathing difficulties,” Health Ministry Spokesman Dr. Abdulrahman Shahin told reporters.
The patient has been medicated with Tamiflu and is still under supervision, he noted.
WHO updated its cumulative tally of H5N1 cases and deaths on July 22. Assuming this young woman survives, that will be 110 cases and 34 deaths, for a case fatality ratio of 30.9 percent. That’s a horrendous CFR, but Indonesia’s is at 82.6 percent, at Vietnam’s at 49.5 percent. The worldwide total CFR is 59.1 percent.
