Salmonella Investigation Spreads to 26 Illinois Counties

June 17, 2010

An investigation into a salmonella outbreak in May has expanded to 26 Illinois counties.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that 80 people got sick after eating in Subway restaurants. Officials say the people who got sick range in age from 2 to 79.

Reports of illness have come from the following counties:

Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeKalb, DeWitt, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will and Winnebago.

Online: http://www.idph.state.il.us