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Published: August 29, 2008
E. coli count keeps rising
Health: Investigation pinpoints eatery
By John David Sutter
A state investigation into an E. coli bacteria outbreak in northeast Oklahoma is now focused exclusively on the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove , the state Health Department confirmed Thursday.

The department says an unusual strain of E. coli is to blame for at least 73 illnesses, 50 hospitalizations and one death. That toll has risen each day since the outbreak became public Monday.

Victims have bec...

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