A new case of human infection of H7N9 bird flu has been confirmed in East China's Jiangsu Province, provincial health authorities revealed on Wednesday.

The patient, a 54-year-old woman in Nanjing, is undergoing treatment.

Shenzhen in Guangdong Province reported a new case on Tuesday, raising the total number of such cases in the province to nine since August.

One patient in Dongguan, Guangdong, died of multiple organ failure on Monday after being treated in a local hospital for about three weeks.

Xinhua