“Flesh-eating” bacteria are continuing to claim lives this summer. Louisiana health officials reported this week that two more people have died from Vibrio infections this month, potentially caused by eating tainted oysters.

The Louisiana Department of Health announced the latest deaths during a meeting of the Louisiana Oyster Task Force held Tuesday. Both deaths are linked to oysters harvested in the state, but the oysters were eaten at separate restaurants in Louisiana and Florida. Louisiana and other states have seen an unusually high number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths tied to the bacteria this summer.

“It’s just prolific right now,” Jennifer Armentor, the health department’s molluscan shellfish program administrator, told task force members, the Florida Phoenix report

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