E. Coli Event

E. Coli
(Washington and Oregon)

Cases in a Northwest E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants climbed Tuesday to at least 37 sickened in Washington and Oregon, health officials reported.

The new tally includes 25 people in Washington and 12 people in Oregon who’ve fallen ill with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. At least a dozen people have been hospitalized in the outbreak that shuttered 43 Chipotle restaurants in the two states. No deaths have been reported.

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