HEPATITIS OUTBREAK at CHI-CHI's RESTAURANT

(Center Township, PA) According to the Pennsylvania State Health Department, the number of people who have contracted hepatitis A from eating at the Chi-Chi's restaurant in the Beaver Valley Mall between Oct. 22 and Nov. 2 is now up to 34.

The total includes 30 Pennsylvania residents, three Ohio residents and one West Virginian.

The volume of cases is uncommonly high for a hepatitis A outbreak stemming from a restaurant, said Jessica Seiders of the state health department.

The disease may have infected any of 11,000 customers that ate at the restaurant in October and November. It is transmitted by fecal matter and is very contagious.