Overview
- Michigan officials confirmed on Monday that two state residents have died in connection with the multi-state Cyclospora outbreak and that both had significant underlying health conditions.
- Federal data show an unusually large season with more than 18,000 domestic cases identified so far, including 6,707 confirmed infections and roughly 11,500 additional cases pending laboratory classification.
- Michigan has reported 11,234 cases and 193 hospitalizations to date, making it one of the largest clusters in a multi-state investigation centered in the Midwest.
- The FDA, CDC and state partners are conducting epidemiologic and supply-chain tracing; investigators have linked some illnesses to iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, which has been removed from the market.
- Cyclospora is a parasite that contaminates fresh produce or water and causes prolonged watery diarrhea; severe outcomes and deaths are uncommon but more likely in people with other health problems, testing delays complicate confirmation, and more sources or recalls may still emerge.