A disease caused by a parasite called Cyclospora has been recorded in 45 states this summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update.
Delaware, Oregon, South Dakota, and Vermont have now logged cases of cyclosporiasis, the disease, the CDC said on July 28.
The CDC in its previous update had said 41 states had reported cases.
The number of confirmed cases across the 45 states since May 1 is up to 6,707, according to the CDC.
More than 11,500 other cases have been reported but are pending laboratory confirmation or “further investigation and analysis, such as ruling out international travel,” the CDC said.
The agency is not counting cases involving international travel or probable cases.
Patients have ranged in age from 1 to 98, with a median age of 44.
“We estimate a 6-week reporting lag between illness onset and case reporting to CDC, so we anticipate that case counts will continue to rise as data are received,” the CDC said.
As Zachary Steieber reports for The Epoch Times, cyclosporiasis typically appears in the summer, but the number of cases this year is much higher than normal. The main symptom of the disease is diarrhea.
Cyclospora is present in produce contaminated with feces.
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