The detection lifts the number of states that have reported outbreaks in poultry this year to 47.
Venezuela reports its first detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu in wild birds.
Commercial farms in Missouri, South Dakota, Illinois, and Maryland were hit in the most recent outbreaks.
The case involves a woman from Guangxi province who died Oct 18.
Six states reported more highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks in poultry flocks over the past few days, including three that reported large losses in commercial poultry, according to updates from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
The latest outbreaks put the nation's poultry losses for the year at 50.5 million, which ties the record set in the outbreaks of 2015.
New highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks have been reported in poultry in six states.
Several countries, including many in Europe, have reported more highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in poultry.
A study of more than 3 million patients with bacterial and viral respiratory infections found that inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions were associated with increased risk of adverse events and higher healthcare costs, researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
With Arizona, Mississippi, and South Carolina now affected, poultry losses will soon set a record.
