Combined Nationwide Count Tops 18,000 Cases Across Six Investigations

CDC's combined tally across all active Cyclospora investigations — the Taylor Farms/Taco Bell multistate outbreak, the North Carolina cilantro/parsley cluster, and several smaller regional clusters — surpasses 18,000 total reported cases, including 6,707 laboratory-confirmed. Six separate Cyclospora investigations are underway simultaneously, an unprecedented number for a single season.