Health | meningitis Meningitis Outbreak Death Toll Up to 7 Two fatalities reported in Michigan By Neal Colgrass Posted Oct 6, 2012 5:05 PM CDT Copied People enter the building that houses one of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area Medical Advanced Pain Specialists (MAPS) pain clinics, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 in Edina, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) The death toll in the meningitis outbreak reached seven today after two more fatalities were reported in Michigan, Reuters reports. Overall, 65 people across nine states have come down with the membrane infection that affects the brain and spinal cord. Everyone who has fallen ill had taken steroid injections linked to a Massachusetts pharmaceutical compounding plant, according to the CDC. Read These Next Horrific tragedy reported at Rob Reiner's house. Detainee in Brown University shooting is 24-year-old man. Father and son killed 15 people on Bondi Beach, police say. Police interviewing family member after deaths of Rob Reiner, wife. Report an error