date:Oct 24, 2012
The number suspected ill in an E. coli outbreak connected to a Belfast restaurant has risen to at least 282, Northern Irelands Public Health Agency announced on Tuesday.
The number ill consists of 119 laboratory-confirmed cases and another 163 probable cases. Probable cases are those with exposure and corresponding symptoms, but who have not been tested for E. coli infection in a clinical laboratory.
The restaurant, Flicks, was also connected to an E. coli outbreak in August that sickened four