There are now 96 lab-confirmed cases linked to the current E. coli outbreak in Calgary daycare centres, Alberta Health Services said Wednesday.
Dr. Francesco Rizzuti, medical officer of health with AHS Calgary zone said that of the 96 cases there have been 22 hospitalizations thus far.
Sixteen of those patients are currently at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, while six are at the Peter Lougheed Centre. AHS confirmed that all of those hospitalized are children.
The first patients were admitted over the Labour Day weekend, reporting symptoms such as bloody diarrhea.
Rizzuti noted that a number of the patients who have been hospitalized are struggling with “serious illness.”
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