June 9 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation has confirmed the death of a Indonesian girl from bird flu, taking the death toll from the virus in the country to 79. The 16-year-old was hospitalised on May 25 and died on May 29.

Worldwide, the virus has killed 189 people out of 310 known cases since it re-emerged in Hong Kong in 2003.

Hundreds of millions of birds have died or been culled.

Following is a list of confirmed human cases of H5N1. Total cases include survivors.

Deaths Total cases AZERBAIJAN 5 8 CAMBODIA 7 7 CHINA 16 25 DJIBOUTI 0 1 EGYPT 14* 34* INDONESIA 79 99 IRAQ 2 3 LAOS 2 2 NIGERIA 1 1 THAILAND 17 25 TURKEY 4 12 VIETNAM 42 93 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 189 310 -------------------------------------------------

Initial tests usually take a day or two to confirm if someone has H5N1. More detailed testing by government laboratories or those affiliated with the WHO can take a week or more.

The H5N1 virus remains mainly a virus of birds, but experts fear it could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person and sweep the world, killing millions.

So far, most human cases can be traced to direct or indirect contact with infected birds.

* The WHO has not yet formally updated its data to include a death in Egypt on June 9. Some 35 cases have now been confirmed to date in Egypt, 15 have been fatal.

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