(KMZA)--Kansas has the highest confirmed number of bird flu infections in the nation, with confirmed cases in two local northeast Kansas counties. 

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 400,000 Kansas birds are affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza. 

There are outbreaks in four Kansas commercial flocks and six backyard flocks. 

USDA reports 380,000 of the birds are from a commercial egg-laying flock in Pottawatomie County. 

Also bird flu was recently confirmed in a commercial gamebird flock in Nemaha County, affecting more than 4,000 birds.

65 total flocks in the U.S. have confirmed cases. The federal government has recorded 71 human cases of the bird flu. None were in Kansas. 

The CDC’s website says the risk to the public is low.