The Rhode Island Health Department has confirmed that a person who has been hospitalized with salmonella died earlier this month.
Zeppoles made at DeFusco’s bakery in Johnston around St. Joseph’s Day are the cause of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 38 people in Rhode Island and 1 in Massachusetts. Of those 39 people who have fallen ill, 21 of them have been confirmed to have salmonella. 24 of the 39 have been hospitalized.