Maharashtra has recorded death of over 19,000 birds since January 8 As many as 302 birds, including 269 from poultry, were found dead in Maharashtra in a single day on Saturday, amid the bird flu scare in the state and other parts of the country. According to a press release, 175 birds were found dead in Aurangabad, 71 in Ahmednagar, 16 in Beed and seven in Osmanabad. Their samples are being sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal and Disease Investigation Section, Pune for testing. So far, Maharashtra has recorded the death of 19,827 birds since January 8. The release further said that the samples of dead poultry birds found in Mahape and Ghansoli in Thane district tested positive for avian influenza as per the test results received on Saturday.