(Reuters) - Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 205 in 14 states.
The death toll from the unprecedented outbreak was unchanged at 15, the CDC said. The new cases were confirmed in New Hampshire, Florida, Indiana, and Tennessee, the CDC said.
A 62-year-old seafood plant worker was cooked to death in an industrial accident in Southern California, authorities said Friday.
The Whittier Daily News reported that the worker, identified as Jose Melena, had been a six-year employee of Bumble Bee Foods in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. The incident occurred shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, police said.
Erika Monterroza, a spokeswoman for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, said initial findings indicated “he was fatally injured when he was cooked in an oven.†It was unclear how precisely the man ended up in the industrial cooking device, described as a “steamer machine.â€
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