A 64-year-old Wayne County woman is one of two of the latest confirmed meningitis deaths in Michigan, health officials said Tuesday.
The woman, a resident of an extended-care facility in Wayne County, died Oct. 26, said Mary Mazur, a spokeswoman for Wayne County Health Department. The woman was being treated in a local hospital at the time of her death.
It is the first Wayne County fatality in the national meningitis outbreak, which has been linked to contaminated steroids made by a Massachusetts pharmacy and shipped to at least four Michigan clinics. The woman had received an injection, Mazur said.
"Information right now between our offices and the state is still forthcoming," she said.
The other victim is an 81-year-old woman from Charlevoix County. The state Department of Community Health said Tuesday there have been 62 Michigan meningitis cases, including eight deaths.
Besides the confirmed cases of meningitis, Michigan officials also reported one stroke, four joint infections and 27 abscesses. The tainted steroids were injected to relieve pain.
Nationally, there have been 363 illnesses, including seven joint infections, and 28 deaths.
By Candice Williams
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