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Bird Flu: Updated Map Reveals Where Virus Is Thriving

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Hardest-hit county so far is Sioux in Iowa , where more than 12 million birds have been infected.

More than 100 million poultry birds have died or been culled because of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus.

More alarmingly, the virus has begun to infect humans, with the U.S. reporting 67 cases and its first human death on January 6 .