States Update Vaping Cases: 60 Deaths Confirmed, Over 2,700 Hospitalized

Vaping and e-cigarette products are displayed in a store in New York City on Dec. 19, 2019. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

The number of deaths caused by EVALI, the newly identified lung disease linked to vaping, has risen to 60, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said.

In a media release on Jan. 28 the CDC announced the updated number of hospitalized e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) cases and deaths.