#Listeriosis death toll climbs to 189
The NICD has warned that more new cases of listeriosis have been confirmed since the source of the outbreak was identified as ready-to-eat processed meat products manufactured at Enterprise Foods’ Polokwane production facility was announced on March 4.
The death toll from the current listeriosis outbreak has been amended by the National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) to 189 – up six deaths from its last update.
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The NICD on Thursday said it had determined that 189 out of 678 cases of listeriosis have resulted in death based on the final data available. The mortality rate is now at 28%.
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“As of 26 March 2018, a total of 982 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases have been reported to NICD since 01 January 2017. Most cases have been reported from Gauteng Province (59%,
576/982) followed by Western Cape (12%, 121/982) and KwaZulu-Natal (7%, 71/982) provinces. Cases have been diagnosed in both public (65%, 634/982) and private (35%, 348/982) healthcare sectors,” the institute said on its website.
Six cases of Listeriosis have been allegedly reported in Tzaneen in January this year.
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The NICD has warned that more new cases of listeriosis have been confirmed since the source of the outbreak was identified as ready-to-eat processed meat products manufactured at Enterprise Foods’ Polokwane production facility was announced on March 4.
“A total of 23 laboratory-confirmed cases are reported since the recall on 04 March 2018. Of these 23 cases, 17 persons have been interviewed; ten consumed implicated food products and two had direct contact with recalled food products. All exposures occurred prior to the recall.”
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