E. coli cases rise to 104 in outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders

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E. coli cases rise to 104 in outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders
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The number of illnesses in the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has risen to 104, up from 90 at last count, health officials said in an update Wednesday. To date, 34 people have been hospitalized, four have developed serious kidney problems and one has died. The outbreak was announced last month, though some cases date to September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the last week, McDonald’s has resumed selling Quarter Pounders with slivered onions at the affected locations, relying on a different supplier for the onions. Fourteen states have been affected by the outbreak. Colorado has reported the most cases , followed by Montana and Nebraska . The results of testing on samples of the recalled onions are pending. So far, one sample has come back positive for E. coli, but the strain didn’t match the one in the outbreak, called O157:H7.

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