What are the numbers of bird flu victims to date?

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Monday that a 30-year-old Indonesian man from Jakarta has died from bird flu. To date, there has been 25 deaths in Indonesia from the avian influenza H5N1 strain. [link]

Here are some statistics relating to the bird flu:

• Since 2003, bird flu outbreaks have been confirmed in more than 48 countries and territories, according to data from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
• Since the beginning of January, 2006, more than 30 countries have reported outbreaks, in most cases involving wild birds such as swans.
• The virus has killed 115 people since 2003 in nine countries and territories, according to the WHO. Countries with confirmed human cases are: Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.
• In total, the virus is known to have infected 207 people since 2003, according to the WHO.
• The avian influenza strain H5N1 virus first infected humans in Hong Kong in 1997, infecting 18 people and killing six of them.