--- title: Oregon: Chipotle-Linked E. Coli Outbreak Grows to 37 Cases description: The majority of cases is linked to Chipotle restaurants canonical: https://time.com/4098831/oregons-chipotle-e-coli/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-03T21:37:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T23:25:06.000Z article:section: Health og:title: Chipotle-Linked E. Coli Outbreak Grows to 37 Cases og:description: The majority of the cases are linked to Chipotle restaurants og:url: https://time.com/4098831/oregons-chipotle-e-coli/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt160d4cac6ab7bd16/698858ba524fc0f9a6df3533/chipotle-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: chipotle-1280x720 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chipotle-Linked E. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:25 PM UTCPublished: Nov 3, 2015 9:37 PM UTC  by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:25 PM UTCPublished: Nov 3, 2015 9:37 PM UTC The number of confirmed and presumed E. coli cases across Oregon and Washington state has jumped to 37 from 22 — with the majority linked to Chipotle restaurants, health officials said Tuesday. The Portland metro area is now at 12 cases, up from three announced Monday, while Washington has seen 25 cases, up from the 19 people who have suffered from food poisoning from the bacterial illness. The cases in Oregon date to at least Oct. 7, and the number could rise as people show symptoms following an incubation period that could stretch as long as 10 days, health officials said. Chipotle said six… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cases-e-coli-oregon-climb-12-chipotle-linked-outbreak-n456716?cid=par-time%5F20151103) **Read next:** * [What to Know About the E. Coli Outbreak](http://time.com/4096624/chipotle-e-coli-outbreak/) * [Here’s Why E. Coli Isn’t a Huge Headache for Chipotle](http://time.com/4097185/chipotle-e-coli/) * [Food Illness Outbreaks That Cross State Lines Are the Most Deadly](http://time.com/4098438/foodborne-illness-outbreaks/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4098831/oregons-chipotle-e-coli/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4098831/oregons-chipotle-e-coli/"},"headline":"Chipotle-Linked E. 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