NCBI Cluster  PDS000185351.39

67 isolates

61 clinical, 1 ham, 5 liverwurst

Ham is 1 to 4 SNPs from clinicals

Liverwurst is 0 to 8 SNPs from clinicals

61 Clinicals:

Distance between clinical isolates: minimum = 0 SNPs, maximum = 6 SNPs, average = 1 SNPs

WGS date range: 2024-06-10 to 2024-10-03

September 25, 2024. Since the last update on August 28, two more illnesses and one more death have been reported. As of September 23, a total of 59 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 19 states. Sick people’s samples were collected from May 29, 2024 to August 28, 2024. Of 59 people with information available, all have been hospitalized. One person got sick during their pregnancy and remained pregnant after recovering. Ten deaths have been reported, including one in Illinois, one in New Jersey, one in New York, one in Virginia, one in Florida, one in Tennessee, one in New Mexico, two in South Carolina, and as of this update, one additional death in New York.