Alberta Health Services (AHS) says the number of E. Coli cases believed to be linked to the restaurant at the Saskatoon Farm is now more than 100. AHS says as of Thursday, Aug. 14, there were 107 probable laboratory cases of E. coli; 68 also tested positive for Entamoeba histolytica, the parasite that causes amoebiasis. So far, four people have been hospitalized, three of whom have since been released. “Due to ongoing testing and review, the numbers may fluctuate,” AHS said in a statement. AHS ordered the restaurant at the Saskatoon Farm, south of Calgary, to close on July 23 after dozens of people who dined at the facility became ill. AHS has said the facility’s water supply is likely the source of the gastrointestinal outbreak. “As part of the laboratory testing, other pathogens including norovirus and rotavirus have been identified by the laboratory. It has yet to be determined if these pathogens can be linked to this investigation,” AHS said in a Friday statement. “Both norovirus and rotavirus are common viruses associated with gastrointestinal illness.”
