(Reuters) – The deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis expanded to 12 states with the first case confirmed in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday, bringing the total of cases to 184.
The number of deaths from the outbreak linked to injections of steroid remained at 14 on Friday, the CDC said.
Fifteen new cases of meningitis were reported on Friday including two in Florida, three in Indiana, one in Maryland, two in Michigan, two in New Jersey, one in Tennessee, one in Texas and three in Virginia. Of the 23 states that have received some of the steroid medication suspected of being contaminated, 12 have reported cases of meningitis.
The CDC said there was one additional case of an infection in a joint after an injection from the medication, which has not yet been confirmed as a fungus.
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