By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:01 EST, 7 October 2012 | UPDATED: 13:58 EST, 8 October 2012 Eight people are dead and at least 105 are ill as from an outbreak of fungal meningitis sweeping America after tainted steroid injections. The eighth fatality was in Tennessee. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the count on Monday. The list of nine states with reported cases stayed the same. Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia, Indiana, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina and Ohio previously reported cases. Health officials investigating the cause of the rare inflammatory disease discovered fungal contamination of a batch of spinal steroid injections, often used for pain, made by The New England Compounding Center and have advised health professionals against using any of its products.
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Two more deaths were reported on Saturday and another Monday bringing total to 8
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105 people have been sickened in nine states - Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio
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Massachusetts company who made product has shut down operations and pulled ALL their products from shelves
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FDA previously told health professionals not to use any products distributed by New England Compounding Center
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