The California Department of Public Health has confirmed that one person has died as a result of the E. coli outbreak believed caused by romaine lettuce from Yuma , Arizona.

According to the Centers for Disease Control , the total number of cases is now 121 from 25 states. The CDC says that at least 52 cases have resulted in hospitalization. Fourteen of those cases have resulted in kidney failure. Health officials are still advising consumers to not eat any romaine lettuce from the Yuma area. The Food and Drug Administration has identified one Yuma region grower as the source of whole head romaine that sickened several people at an Alaska correctional facility but the FDA is continuing to investigate other sources as well as where along the supply chain the contamination might have occurred.