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2014
1) Male, 49, in hospital April 23, 2014 with severe pnuemonia, diagnosed May 3, died May 6, Nanchong City, Nanbu County, Sichuan province Death
2) Male, 58, onset December 4, hospitalized December 9 in critical condition, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province Recovered note WHO rpt Dec 28
2015*
3) Male, 44, onset January 27, 2015 hospitalized on February 3, died February 6, Tibet Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Yunnan province Death WHO rpt Feb 12,
4) Female, 37, onset July 6, hospitalized July 9, died July 10, Shangri-La City, Yunnan province Death WHO report July 14
5) Female, 26, onset December 24, critical condition. Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong province Death WHO report January 20
6) Female, 40, onset December 22, critical condition, Zhaoqing, Guangdong province WHO report January 20 Death note
2016
7) Male, 25, onset January 1, 2016, hospitalized January 4, 2016 in critical condition, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt Jan. 11 note
8) Male, 42, onset December 12, hospitalized December 12, died December 21, 2015, lived in Jieyang City, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt Jan 11
9) Female, 31, onset January 8, hospitalized in critical condition, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong province WHO rpt Jan 28
10) Child, 5, 1st documented H5N6 case from 2014 - case referred retroactively to in WHO rpt Jan 20
11) Female, 40, onset February 20, hospitalized February 22, critical condition, Guizhou, Guangdong province WHO rpt March 23 WHO rpt April 4 Death note
12) Male, 35, onset April 9, hospitalized April 12, critical condition, Hubei WHO rpt May 6
13) Female, 11, onset April 11, hospitalized April 13, ICU April 18, discharged, Zhuzhou City, Hunan note WHO rpt May 6
14) Female, 65, onset April 24, hospitalized April 27, Xuancheng, Anhui WHO rpt May 10
15) Male, 50, [Tian], onset May 23, hospitalized in critical condition May 28, Xiangxi, Hunan WHO rpt June 8 Death note
16) Female, 47, [Luo], onset and hospitalized on November 18, died on November 20, Shaoyang, Whugang, Hunan Death WHO rpt Dec 7
17) Female, 30, onset November 8, hospitalized Noverember 18 in critical condition, Luizhou, Guangxi WHO rpt Dec 7
2017
18) Male, 33, onset November 7, hospitalized November 12, critical condition, Guigang, Guangxi
19) Female, 3, onset December 19, recovered, Sanming City, Fujian province
2018
20) Male, 42, onset August 10, hospitalized August 15, serious condition, Laibin , Guangxi
21) Male, 22, onset September 25, hospitalized September 26, serious condition, poultry contact, Guangzhou, Guandong
22) Male, 44, onset October 18, hospitalized October 21, denied contact with poultry, died October 27, Hechi, Guangxi
23) Female, 10, onset October 29, hospitalized November 3, serious condition, Suzhou, Jiangsu
2019
24) Female, 59, hospitalized August 11, critical condition, Beijing
2020
25) Female, 81, farmer in contact with chickens, onset November 16, died November 27, Changzhou City, Jiangsu province Death
26) Female, 54, onset and hospitalized December 13, on ventilator, living in Yongzhou, Hunan province
27) Male, 51, onset December 18, hospitalized December 28, in critical condition, from Yongchuan, Chongqing (reported in January 2021) link
28) Female, 3, onset November 22, hospitalized November 28, died December 22, Guizhou province link Death (reported in April 2021)
29) Female, 1, onset and hospitalized December 22, Anhui province link (reported in April 2021)
2021
30) Male, 50, onset February 16, hospitalized February 17, died March 2, Hechi, Guangxi province link Death
31) Male, 5, onset February 28, poultry contact, healed, Luang Prabang province, Laos
32) Female, 49, onset and hospitalized May 1, serious condition, Chengdu, Sichuan province link
33) Male, 55, onset June 30, hospitalized July 4, critical condition, Bazhong, Sichuan province
34) Female, 51, onset June 25, hospitalized July 2, died July 4, Xuanhan, Dazhou, Sichuan province Death
35) Male, 57, onset 22, hospitalized July 5, critical, Kaijiang, Dazhou, Sichuan province
36) Male, 66, onset June 23, hospitalized June 30, critical, Tongnan, Chongqing
37) Female, 61, onset July 6, hospitalized July 9, stable, Guilin, Guangxi province
38) Female, 65, onset and hospitalized July 13, critical, Yibin City, Sichuan Province
39) Female, 55, onset July 26, hospitalized August 1, serious condition, Chenzhou City, Hunan province
40) Male, 54, husband of above case, hospitalized August 2, stable, Chenzhou City, Hunan province
41) Female, 52, Huizhou, Guangdong province
42) Male, 55, onset & hospitalized August 17, critical condition, Liuzhou, Guangxi province
43) Female, 48, contact with live domestic poultry before the onset of symptoms (reportedly), onset August 25, hospitalized August 29, serious condition, Guangxi province
44) Female, 40, onset September 8, hospitalized September 9, serious condition in Yongzhou in Hunan Province
45) Male, 53, hospitalized, Dongguan city, Guangdong province
46) Female, 26, onset August 14, hospitalized August 19, Guilin in Guangxi province Death
47) Male, 55, onset August 23, hospitalized August 30, serious condition, Guilin in Guangxi province
48) Male, 72, onset September 16, hospitalized September 19, Chongqing Municipality Death
49) Female, 60, onset October 3, hospitalized October 13, critical condition, Changde City, Hunan Province
50) Male, 66, onset September 25, hospitalized September 27, critical condition, Yongzhou. Hunan Province
51) Male, 52, reported hospitalized on October 28, Maoming, Guangdong province
52) Female, 58, onset August 29, hospitalized August 31, serious condition, Yongzhou, Hunan Province
53) Female, 54, onset November 17, hospitalized November 21, died November 23, Zigong, Sichuan Province Death
54) Male, 68, onset December 3, hospitalized on December 7, critical condition, Huizhou, Guangdong Province
55) Male, 3, onset November 15, hospitalized on November 16, serious condition, Nanning, Guangxi Province
56) Male, 49, onset November 22, hospitalized November 25, serious condition, Hengyang, Hunan Province
57) Male, 72, onset November 24, hospitalized November 29, serious condition, Yongzhou, Hunan Province
58) Male, 58, onset December 4, mild condition, Hengyang, Hunan Province
59) Male/some reports Female, 75, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 1, hospitalized December 4, died, Luzhou, Sichuan Province Death
60) Male, 54, retroactively announced in 2022, onset 8, hospitalized December 16, died, Leshan, Sichuan Province Death
61) Female, 51, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 15, hospitalized December 18, critical condition, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
62) Male, 53, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 19, hospitalized December 23, serious condition, Luizhou, Guangxi Province
63) Male, 28, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 23, hospitalized December 23, critical, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province
64) Female, 12, retroactively announced in 2022, onset November 17, hospitalized November 20, died December 4, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province Death
65) Male, 79, retroactively announced in 2022, onset November 18, hospitalized November 22, died December 3, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province Death
2022
66) Female, 43, hospitalized in critical condition, Zhongkai District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province
67) Male, 68, onset January 3, hospitalized January 4, critical condition, Langzhong, Sichuan Province
68) Female, 55, onset January 6, hospitalized January 9, critical condition, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
69) Male, 50, onset January 12, hospitalized January 13, critical condition, Baise City, Guangxi Province
70) Male, 35, onset January 15, hospitalized January 19, critical condition, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province
71) Male, 46, reported 28/02/2022, Fuzhou, Fujian Province Death link
72) Female, 6, reported 28/02/2022, critical condition, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province link
73) Male, 48, reported 28/02/2022, critical condition, Chengdu, Sichuan Province link
74) Male, 35, reported 28/02/2022, critical condition, Hechi, Guangxi Province link
75) Female, 51, reported 15/03/2022, critical condition, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province link
76) Male, 28, critical condition, Puyang, Henan province
77) Female, 53, reported 09/04/2022, critical condition, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province link
78) Male, 56, reported 20/04/2022, serious condition, Deyang City, Sichuan Province link
79) Male, 49, onset April 16, hospitalized April 18, died on April 24, Baise City, Guangxi Province Death
80) Male, 58, onset June 2, hospitalized June 5, critical condition, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province
81) Female, 6, onset July 30, hospitalized August 3, serious condition, Nanning, Guangxi Province
82) Male, 3, onset September 1, hospitalized on September 11, serious condition, Nanning, Guangxi province
83 Male, 54, onset November 2, 2022, hospitalized November 5, critical condition, Changsha, Hunan province
84) Male, 49, onset December 17, 2022, hospitalized December 21, serious condition Qingyuan, Guangdong province
2023
85) Female, 54, onset and hospitalized May 19, serious condition, Nanchong, Sichuan province,
86) Male, 64, onset July 3, hospitalized July 4, serious condition, Guilin, Guangxi province
87) Female, 27, onset July 20, hospitalized July 22, Dazhou, Sichuan province
88) Male, 68, onset August 5, hospitalized August 10, died August 20, Chongqing Death
89) Female, 33, onset October 22, hospitalized October 22, died November 14, Bazhong City, Sichuan province Death
90) Female, 59, onset November 25, hospitalized on November 29 in serious condition, Ziyang City, Sichuan province (announced in Jan. 2024)
2024
91) Female, 52, onset April 13, hospitalized April 22, died, April 30, Fujian province .(announced May 24, 2024) Death
92) Male, 41, onset May 8, confirmed positive May 14, died, Fujian province (announced June 19, 2024) Death
93) Female, 70, onset June 17, hospitalized June 19, died July 8, Anhui province Death
2025 - None reported
2026
94) Female, 55, onset April 16, hospitalized April 23, died May 3, Chongqing Municipality Death
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Notes
*The following case is not WHO confirmed but appears in literature:
9-Sep-16 4F Guangzhou City, Guangdong Onset 20-Oct-15, Hospitalised 28-Oct-15, Fatal 2-Nov-15 link
I case announced by province HFPC January 28, Guangdong province which may be case [NODE="9"]Albums[/NODE] link
WHO mentions an additional case but does not officially confirm it by adding to their chart in this document:
"Since 2013 through to 20 January 2016, ten cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) have been detected of which nine were notified to WHO and one was reported in the scientific literature.1 All nine cases notified to WHO had clinically severe disease. The case reported in the literature, a five-year-old female, was a mild case detected through routine surveillance activities."
1) Male, 49, in hospital April 23, 2014 with severe pnuemonia, diagnosed May 3, died May 6, Nanchong City, Nanbu County, Sichuan province Death
2) Male, 58, onset December 4, hospitalized December 9 in critical condition, Guangzhou city, Guangdong province Recovered note WHO rpt Dec 28
2015*
3) Male, 44, onset January 27, 2015 hospitalized on February 3, died February 6, Tibet Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Yunnan province Death WHO rpt Feb 12,
4) Female, 37, onset July 6, hospitalized July 9, died July 10, Shangri-La City, Yunnan province Death WHO report July 14
5) Female, 26, onset December 24, critical condition. Bao'an, Shenzhen, Guangdong province Death WHO report January 20
6) Female, 40, onset December 22, critical condition, Zhaoqing, Guangdong province WHO report January 20 Death note
2016
7) Male, 25, onset January 1, 2016, hospitalized January 4, 2016 in critical condition, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt Jan. 11 note
8) Male, 42, onset December 12, hospitalized December 12, died December 21, 2015, lived in Jieyang City, Guangdong province Death WHO rpt Jan 11
9) Female, 31, onset January 8, hospitalized in critical condition, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong province WHO rpt Jan 28
10) Child, 5, 1st documented H5N6 case from 2014 - case referred retroactively to in WHO rpt Jan 20
11) Female, 40, onset February 20, hospitalized February 22, critical condition, Guizhou, Guangdong province WHO rpt March 23 WHO rpt April 4 Death note
12) Male, 35, onset April 9, hospitalized April 12, critical condition, Hubei WHO rpt May 6
13) Female, 11, onset April 11, hospitalized April 13, ICU April 18, discharged, Zhuzhou City, Hunan note WHO rpt May 6
14) Female, 65, onset April 24, hospitalized April 27, Xuancheng, Anhui WHO rpt May 10
15) Male, 50, [Tian], onset May 23, hospitalized in critical condition May 28, Xiangxi, Hunan WHO rpt June 8 Death note
16) Female, 47, [Luo], onset and hospitalized on November 18, died on November 20, Shaoyang, Whugang, Hunan Death WHO rpt Dec 7
17) Female, 30, onset November 8, hospitalized Noverember 18 in critical condition, Luizhou, Guangxi WHO rpt Dec 7
2017
18) Male, 33, onset November 7, hospitalized November 12, critical condition, Guigang, Guangxi
19) Female, 3, onset December 19, recovered, Sanming City, Fujian province
2018
20) Male, 42, onset August 10, hospitalized August 15, serious condition, Laibin , Guangxi
21) Male, 22, onset September 25, hospitalized September 26, serious condition, poultry contact, Guangzhou, Guandong
22) Male, 44, onset October 18, hospitalized October 21, denied contact with poultry, died October 27, Hechi, Guangxi
23) Female, 10, onset October 29, hospitalized November 3, serious condition, Suzhou, Jiangsu
2019
24) Female, 59, hospitalized August 11, critical condition, Beijing
2020
25) Female, 81, farmer in contact with chickens, onset November 16, died November 27, Changzhou City, Jiangsu province Death
26) Female, 54, onset and hospitalized December 13, on ventilator, living in Yongzhou, Hunan province
27) Male, 51, onset December 18, hospitalized December 28, in critical condition, from Yongchuan, Chongqing (reported in January 2021) link
28) Female, 3, onset November 22, hospitalized November 28, died December 22, Guizhou province link Death (reported in April 2021)
29) Female, 1, onset and hospitalized December 22, Anhui province link (reported in April 2021)
2021
30) Male, 50, onset February 16, hospitalized February 17, died March 2, Hechi, Guangxi province link Death
31) Male, 5, onset February 28, poultry contact, healed, Luang Prabang province, Laos
32) Female, 49, onset and hospitalized May 1, serious condition, Chengdu, Sichuan province link
33) Male, 55, onset June 30, hospitalized July 4, critical condition, Bazhong, Sichuan province
34) Female, 51, onset June 25, hospitalized July 2, died July 4, Xuanhan, Dazhou, Sichuan province Death
35) Male, 57, onset 22, hospitalized July 5, critical, Kaijiang, Dazhou, Sichuan province
36) Male, 66, onset June 23, hospitalized June 30, critical, Tongnan, Chongqing
37) Female, 61, onset July 6, hospitalized July 9, stable, Guilin, Guangxi province
38) Female, 65, onset and hospitalized July 13, critical, Yibin City, Sichuan Province
39) Female, 55, onset July 26, hospitalized August 1, serious condition, Chenzhou City, Hunan province
40) Male, 54, husband of above case, hospitalized August 2, stable, Chenzhou City, Hunan province
41) Female, 52, Huizhou, Guangdong province
42) Male, 55, onset & hospitalized August 17, critical condition, Liuzhou, Guangxi province
43) Female, 48, contact with live domestic poultry before the onset of symptoms (reportedly), onset August 25, hospitalized August 29, serious condition, Guangxi province
44) Female, 40, onset September 8, hospitalized September 9, serious condition in Yongzhou in Hunan Province
45) Male, 53, hospitalized, Dongguan city, Guangdong province
46) Female, 26, onset August 14, hospitalized August 19, Guilin in Guangxi province Death
47) Male, 55, onset August 23, hospitalized August 30, serious condition, Guilin in Guangxi province
48) Male, 72, onset September 16, hospitalized September 19, Chongqing Municipality Death
49) Female, 60, onset October 3, hospitalized October 13, critical condition, Changde City, Hunan Province
50) Male, 66, onset September 25, hospitalized September 27, critical condition, Yongzhou. Hunan Province
51) Male, 52, reported hospitalized on October 28, Maoming, Guangdong province
52) Female, 58, onset August 29, hospitalized August 31, serious condition, Yongzhou, Hunan Province
53) Female, 54, onset November 17, hospitalized November 21, died November 23, Zigong, Sichuan Province Death
54) Male, 68, onset December 3, hospitalized on December 7, critical condition, Huizhou, Guangdong Province
55) Male, 3, onset November 15, hospitalized on November 16, serious condition, Nanning, Guangxi Province
56) Male, 49, onset November 22, hospitalized November 25, serious condition, Hengyang, Hunan Province
57) Male, 72, onset November 24, hospitalized November 29, serious condition, Yongzhou, Hunan Province
58) Male, 58, onset December 4, mild condition, Hengyang, Hunan Province
59) Male/some reports Female, 75, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 1, hospitalized December 4, died, Luzhou, Sichuan Province Death
60) Male, 54, retroactively announced in 2022, onset 8, hospitalized December 16, died, Leshan, Sichuan Province Death
61) Female, 51, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 15, hospitalized December 18, critical condition, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
62) Male, 53, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 19, hospitalized December 23, serious condition, Luizhou, Guangxi Province
63) Male, 28, retroactively announced in 2022, onset December 23, hospitalized December 23, critical, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province
64) Female, 12, retroactively announced in 2022, onset November 17, hospitalized November 20, died December 4, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province Death
65) Male, 79, retroactively announced in 2022, onset November 18, hospitalized November 22, died December 3, Liuzhou, Guangxi Province Death
2022
66) Female, 43, hospitalized in critical condition, Zhongkai District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province
67) Male, 68, onset January 3, hospitalized January 4, critical condition, Langzhong, Sichuan Province
68) Female, 55, onset January 6, hospitalized January 9, critical condition, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
69) Male, 50, onset January 12, hospitalized January 13, critical condition, Baise City, Guangxi Province
70) Male, 35, onset January 15, hospitalized January 19, critical condition, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province
71) Male, 46, reported 28/02/2022, Fuzhou, Fujian Province Death link
72) Female, 6, reported 28/02/2022, critical condition, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province link
73) Male, 48, reported 28/02/2022, critical condition, Chengdu, Sichuan Province link
74) Male, 35, reported 28/02/2022, critical condition, Hechi, Guangxi Province link
75) Female, 51, reported 15/03/2022, critical condition, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province link
76) Male, 28, critical condition, Puyang, Henan province
77) Female, 53, reported 09/04/2022, critical condition, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province link
78) Male, 56, reported 20/04/2022, serious condition, Deyang City, Sichuan Province link
79) Male, 49, onset April 16, hospitalized April 18, died on April 24, Baise City, Guangxi Province Death
80) Male, 58, onset June 2, hospitalized June 5, critical condition, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province
81) Female, 6, onset July 30, hospitalized August 3, serious condition, Nanning, Guangxi Province
82) Male, 3, onset September 1, hospitalized on September 11, serious condition, Nanning, Guangxi province
83 Male, 54, onset November 2, 2022, hospitalized November 5, critical condition, Changsha, Hunan province
84) Male, 49, onset December 17, 2022, hospitalized December 21, serious condition Qingyuan, Guangdong province
2023
85) Female, 54, onset and hospitalized May 19, serious condition, Nanchong, Sichuan province,
86) Male, 64, onset July 3, hospitalized July 4, serious condition, Guilin, Guangxi province
87) Female, 27, onset July 20, hospitalized July 22, Dazhou, Sichuan province
88) Male, 68, onset August 5, hospitalized August 10, died August 20, Chongqing Death
89) Female, 33, onset October 22, hospitalized October 22, died November 14, Bazhong City, Sichuan province Death
90) Female, 59, onset November 25, hospitalized on November 29 in serious condition, Ziyang City, Sichuan province (announced in Jan. 2024)
2024
91) Female, 52, onset April 13, hospitalized April 22, died, April 30, Fujian province .(announced May 24, 2024) Death
92) Male, 41, onset May 8, confirmed positive May 14, died, Fujian province (announced June 19, 2024) Death
93) Female, 70, onset June 17, hospitalized June 19, died July 8, Anhui province Death
2025 - None reported
2026
94) Female, 55, onset April 16, hospitalized April 23, died May 3, Chongqing Municipality Death
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Notes
*The following case is not WHO confirmed but appears in literature:
9-Sep-16 4F Guangzhou City, Guangdong Onset 20-Oct-15, Hospitalised 28-Oct-15, Fatal 2-Nov-15 link
I case announced by province HFPC January 28, Guangdong province which may be case [NODE="9"]Albums[/NODE] link
WHO mentions an additional case but does not officially confirm it by adding to their chart in this document:
"Since 2013 through to 20 January 2016, ten cases of avian influenza A(H5N6) have been detected of which nine were notified to WHO and one was reported in the scientific literature.1 All nine cases notified to WHO had clinically severe disease. The case reported in the literature, a five-year-old female, was a mild case detected through routine surveillance activities."
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