The number of cyclosporiasis cases continues to go up across the country, including here in Louisiana. Louisiana Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein says while Louisiana’s number pales in comparison to the hardest-hit state, Michigan, the cases here continue to rise. “Our data spotlight this week shows 125 cases in Louisiana, with six hospitalizations and, happily, no deaths,” Greenstein noted. State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol says the most recent cases involve two clusters of six cases, and investigators determined that romaine lettuce was the culprit. And the only common fresh ingredient that they all ate, as they had different meals, was romaine lettuce,” Sokol explained.