CDC Confirms 3rd Death in Multi-State Listeria Outbreak Connected to Recalled Deli Meats

A third person died and 10 more people have been hospitalized in connection to an outbreak of listeria, the agency says.

This electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium, responsible for the food borne illness listeriosis. Elizabeth White/CDC via AP

A third person died and 10 more people have been hospitalized in connection to an outbreak of listeria tied to Boar’s Head deli meats, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

An individual most recently died in Virginia from the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in addition to the two prior deaths in Illinois and New Jersey, said the CDC in an update Thursday.