Bacteria's source still a mystery in Locust Grove
A deadly E. coli outbreak in northeast Oklahoma — the largest of its type in U.S. history — is not related to bacteria found in the water at a Locust Grove restaurant, the state Health Department said Tuesday.
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• At least 206 people — including 53 children — have become sick, and one person is dead in connection with the outbreak of intestinal illnesses.
• Patients have become sick with bloody diarrhea, stomach cramps and vomiting. Most ate at the Country Cottage restaurant, according to the state Health Department.
Food at the Country Cottage restaurant is believed to be the source of the E. coli outbreak. Officials said there's no reason to think food outside the restaurant would be contaminated, even though the number of victims continues to grow.
On Friday, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality released test results that showed potentially harmful bacteria were found in well water at Country Cottage. The restaurant usually operated on city water, but switched temporarily to its private well Aug. 10 after a city water line broke.
Bacteria found in the well water samples indicated that that water could be unhealthy — and potentially contain E. coli. The state Health Department said Tuesday that further tests show no strains of E. coli were present in the water.
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