E. coli death is Minnesota's first in 3? years
According to a report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune,
As many as 30 people in the Longville area were sickened with E. coli O157:H7 infections in the past six weeks.
A woman from Longville, Minn., who apparently ate contaminated food at a church supper, has become the first Minnesotan recorded as dying of E. coli complications in at least 3? years.Services will be held today for Carolyn Hawkinson, right, 73, at Salem Lutheran Church in Longville, where the meal was served July 19.
Hawkinson, who died Sunday after nearly a month in hospitals, was a former Minneapolis resident, active in her church and its choir, who loved flowers and taught crafts to her grandchildren. She had helped set up for the church supper the day before it was held, her daughter said.
In the past six weeks, E. coli has sickened at least 17 people and perhaps as many as 30 around Longville, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Tuesday. Nine people were hospitalized; Hawkinson and one other with serious complications.
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