The UK is currently facing an E.coli outbreak (Picture: Getty Images)
A person has died in England linked to an ongoing E.coli outbreak in the UK.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed that the person died because of the ongoing outbreak of the illness.
It comes as a spate of more than 100 E.coli infections have been reported across the UK, with 86 people hospitalised due to their symptoms, which is thought to be ‘part of a single outbreak’.
It was previously thought a ‘ready to eat dairy item’ caused the E.coli outbreak, but the specific item has not been named or identified by the UKHSA.
It’s now thought the outbreak could have been caused by some supermarket sandwiches containing salad leaves, with several manufacturers issuing recalls for some of their products as a precaution.
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