CDC: Dozens More Sick From McDonald’s Outbreak

October 25, 2024 Business, News

At least 75 people have gotten sick after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders linked to a deadly E. coli strain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

The 75 cases, up from 49 on Tuesday, have been reported in 13 states. Twenty-two people, up from 10, have been hospitalized. The CDC said Tuesday that one person had died and reported no new deaths Friday.

The increase in people getting sick, which consists of older cases, was expected, as it can take several weeks for investigators to link illnesses to a food poisoning outbreak. “I think there will most certainly be more illnesses reported,” said Matt Wise, chief of the CDC’s Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch.

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At least 75 people have gotten sick after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders linked to a deadly E. coli strain, the CDC says.

22 people have been hospitalized. https://t.co/jWAJbqu9Rk

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