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Three more meningitis deaths reported, toll at 28

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Three more people have died from meningitis as part of the nationwide outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections made by the New England Compounding Center, raising the total to 28 deaths. The outbreak has now sickened 356 people with fungal meningitis in 19 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. On Monday Oct. 29, the CDC reported sickened 347 meningitis cases including 25 deaths in 19 states. Two new deaths were reported in Michigan, the state with the most meningitis cases at 89 infected. The other death occurred in Tennessee, which has the second-most cases with 74 infected with fungal meningitis. Infections have been reported in Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Black fungus specks in vials among complaints at New England Compounding Center Mass.

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Three more meningitis deaths reported, toll at 28

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