5 states, 16 sick with 1 death. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) shows cases are likely related to same food. Previous outbreak with same WGS linked to romaine lettuce, ground beef, and recreational water.
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are collecting different types of data to identify the food source of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections.
As of February 1, 2021, a total of 16 people infected with the outbreak strain have been reported from 5 states. This map shows where sick people live.
State and local public health officials are interviewing people to find out what foods they ate in the week before they got sick.
