Thailand's Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday the country's fifth death due to the deadly new flu -- A/H1N1 virus.

The fifth death is a female teenage of 15 years old, who died in a hospital in a central province of Chonburi, next to Bangkok, local media reported.

The hospital is going to hold a press conference at 15:30 p.m. local time, and senior officials from the Public Health Ministry would travel from Bangkok to chair the press conference, Thai language news agency INN reported.

Shortly before the fifth case announcement, the ministry reported the country's fourth death, a male adult, who died in a hospital in Bangkok.

(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2009)