DeFusco’s Bakery Salmonella Zeppoles now linked to 78 Illnesses and 2 Deaths By Bill Marler on April 17, 2011 Posted in Legal Cases Cases of Illness between March 14 – April 7, 2011 78 Cases Total (77 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts) 29 Hospitalizations (27 Discharged, 1 Current) 46 Lab-confirmed Salmonella 2 Salmonella-associated Deaths Reported as of April 15, 2011