One person is suspected of dying from the E. coli outbreak linked to tainted salad leaves, health officials have said.
No details have been released on the age or location of the victim with health chiefs only stating they had an underlying medical condition and that they died last month.
The update, from the UK Health Security Agency, also reported that as of 25 June a further 19 cases infection of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) have been confirmed.
This takes the total number of cases to 275, with about half of known cases needed to hospital care as a result of their infection.
The infection hospitalised 122 and to date seven cases of the severe haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), a medical emergency linked to STEC which can lead to kidney failure and death.
Food safety chiefs have said they are ‘confident’ an Apollo type lettuce has caused the outbreak of the diarrhoea-causing bug. Efforts to confirm the root cause, however, are ongoing