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Number of confirmed E. coli cases grows: 21 states affected

Twenty-one states have been affected by the national spinach-related E. coli outbreak. Of the 131 cases nationwide, 66 people have been hospitalized with acute E. coli O157:H7 infections, including 20 with kidney failure, and one adult in Wisconsin died.

The breakdown of how many cases by state was provided by the CDC:

Caliornia 1
Connecticut 2
Idaho 5
Illinois 1
Indiana 8
Kentucky 6
Maine 2
Michigan 4
Minnesota 2
Nebraska 6
Nevada 2
New Mexico 5
New York 9
Ohio 15
Oregon 5
Pennsylvania 6
Utah 16
Virginia 1
Washington 2
Wisconsin 32
Wyoming 1

National 131

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