Samples from the flocks were tested and confirmed positive at the Alabama State Diagnostic Laboratory in Auburn, Ala.

Later that month, an agricultural worker in Texas became the first confirmed human case of H5N1 in the U.S. Currently, the CDC has confirmed 60 total reported Human cases in the U.S. across 49 states.

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial broiler farm in Cullman County and in a backyard flock in Pickens County.