Combined Season-Wide Count Rises to 27,557 as CDC Confirms 828 Hospitalizations

CDC's Aug. 18 weekly surveillance update raises the combined nationwide tally to 27,557 (15,716 laboratory-confirmed plus 11,841 additional cases awaiting lab confirmation or under investigation), an increase of roughly 1,821 confirmed cases from the prior week. CDC now specifies 828 total hospitalizations season-wide, alongside the two Michigan deaths, with cases reported in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. CDC and FDA continue investigating at least six other Cyclospora clusters beyond the Taylor Farms/Taco Bell multistate outbreak with no confirmed source.