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The number of cases statewide has now reached 5,452 for the year.

Cases of the severe diarrhea illness cyclosporiasis are spreading statewide, as a measles outbreak goes on in northeast Ohio.

This episode of All Sides will discuss the public health outbreak with a public health expert, gastroenterologist and journalist who covers the CDC and FDA.

Michigan health officials said both people had underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by the intestinal illness and dehydration.

The number of reported cases grew by nearly 1,500 since last week, with Lucas County (Toledo) reporting the highest number in Ohio.

Federal health officials have identified a single supplier of the produce from Mexico that was served in Taco Bell restaurants in five states.

There were 364 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in Ohio as of Wednesday. In an update a day later, that number is 1,274.

Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, leader of the Ohio Department of Health, says while Ohio has had 364 cases so far, Michigan has had thousands of cases.

In Ohio, the outbreak has reached 397 confirmed cases in 57 of Ohio’s 88 counties.

Cyclosporiasis cases are on the rise in Ohio. Health officials outlined ways to stay healthy.