The recent E. coli outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma is the largest outbreak of this specific strain of E. coli in United States history according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s latest news release.

At least 206 persons are sick as a result of the outbreak including 149 adults, 53 children, and four whose ages have not yet been confirmed. Cases range in age from 2 months to 88 years. One person, 26-year-old Chad Ingle of Pryor, has died.

The Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, thought to be the source of the outbreak, has been closed voluntarily for more than a week. The owners are cooperating with state health officials in the ongoing investigation which has not yet pinpointed the source of the outbreak, according to state epidemiologist Dr. Kristy Bradley. The state is currently testing food preparation and serving surfaces at the restaurant and interviewing those who became ill.

For more on the E. coli outbreak and its effect on the small town of Locust Grove, read today’s Associated Press article.