A 66 year-old man with human swine flu died at 5.26am today at Yan Chai Hospital. He also had diabetes, hypertension and angina.

The man developed mild upper respiratory symptoms on September 21 and went to the hospital's accident & emergency department on September 22 with heart disease and was admitted for medical treatment.

His condition deteriorated and he was transferred to the intensive care unit the next day. He was treated with Tamiflu and antibiotics and required ventilation support. His condition was critical. He tested positive for human swine flu on September 24. 

There were 470 newly confirmed cases of human swine flu today, involving 244 males and 226 females, aged between 18 days and 83 years. This brings the total number of cases in Hong Kong to 26,548.