The strain of salmonella thought to have killed two nursing home residents and caused dozens of others to fall ill has been found in a Wollongong bakery, tests have confirmed.
To date, 31 cases of confirmed salmonella have been reported from 10 aged care facilities in the Illawarra, south eastern Sydney and ACT.
Two patients have died as a result of the outbreak.
The nursing homes involved are either run by Illawarra Retirement Trust or supplied catering by IRT.
Authorities have warned a deadly salmonella outbreak at aged care facilities across the New South Wales Illawarra may not be over, as they wait for confirmation of more cases.
As of Tuesday, the salmonella outbreak across southern NSW and the ACT has affected 27 people since February 11.
Two people from Illawarra aged care facilities died after being transferred to hospital.
The director of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Health District’s Public Health Unit, Curtis Gregory, said the unit was interviewing patients and staff, and doing tests to track the source.
He said while the spread of the outbreak had slowed, it was unlikely to be over yet.
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