On December 22^nd, the Center for Health Protection of the People’s Republic of China belatedly reported on a case of H5N6 avian influenza.  The patient was a 33-year-old woman living in Bazhong City in Sichuan Province.  Symptoms were apparent on October 20^th, following a visit to a live poultry market with hospitalization two days later and with death on November 14^th.  Since 2014, eighty-eight human cases of H5N6 avian influenza have been diagnosed suggesting a low rate of infection given the duration and the potential number of susceptible individuals exposed.