Infected onions are almost certainly the culprit
More people have gotten sick and hospitalized from the deadly germ E. Coli after eating at McDonald’s.
At least 90 people have become ill, 27 have been hospitalized and one person has died from the strain of E. coli linked to onions served at McDonald’s, health officials said Wednesday.
That is up from 75 sicknesses and 22 hospitalizations on Oct. 25, suggesting more cases have yet to be reported.
E. coli linked to McDonald’s burgers has sickened people in 13 states, including Colorado, Montana and Oregon, and illnesses started between Sept. 27 and Oct. 16, officials said.
McDonald’s restaurants in affected states stopped selling the Quarter Pounder on Oct. 22.
Colorado and Montana have suffered the highest case counts, with between 16 to 29 cases each, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
See the 13 states with E. coli cases linked to slivered onions served at McDonald’s below:
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- Utah
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Iowa
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Wyoming
- Montana
- Washington
- Oregon
