A person who was hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu in Louisiana has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.The person was over the age of 65 with reported underlying medical conditions, according to the department.The total of human cases stands at 66 cases across 10 states, CDC data shows. Over half of those occurred in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency 맥스카지노�to streamline and expedite the state맥스카지노�s response,맥스카지노� on the same day as news about the severe case in Louisiana was reported on Dec. 18.The severe case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 flu was determined to be caused by exposure to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks, according to the CDC, which would be the first linked to a backyard flock.Outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 flu have spread in cattle herds across 16 states and in poultry across 50 states. The CDC still reports the current public health risk for the virus as low, and person-to-person transmission has not been documented. View the map below to see what states have recorded human cases of the bird flu.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=