The deadly E.Coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers grew worse Friday as an additional 26 people were found to have been infected — raising the total to 75, according to federal health officials
The infections had killed one person, and hospitalized 10 across the West and Midwest, the CDC had said on Tuesday.
The new infections include 12 additional hospitalizations and expanded the outbreak to three new states, according to the agency.
No additional deaths have been reported beyond the one confirmed death in this growing outbreak linked to slivered onions.
McDonald’s has yanked Quarter Pounders from its menus more than a dozen states.
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