A third baby given suspected contaminated hospital feed has died, according to Public Health England.
Twenty-three babies have been treated for blood poisoning in connection with the outbreak.
All the infected babies were being fed a liquid mixture of nutrients directly into their bloodstream.
The third baby to die was being cared for at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridgeshire.
End Quote Mike Catchpole Public Health EnglandWe are reassured that this was a very rare occurrence as we have not seen this particular strain of bacteria in any product made since that day and there has been no further illness"
"We can confirm that a baby has died after receiving contaminated nutritional fluid," said a spokesman.
"Our thoughts are with the family and we are supporting them during this very difficult and emotional time."
Two other babies who had been ill were stable and were doing well, he added.
Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are investigating the incident, which has been linked to a nutritional supplement given to a number of premature babies.
Nine-day-old Yousef Al-Kharboush died at St Thomas' Hospital on 1 June.
A second baby at the hospital later died, but this was not thought to be a direct result of blood poisoning from the feed linked to the outbreak.
All three deaths have been reported to the coroner.
'Rare occurrence'PHE said the babies developed blood poisoning from the Bacillus cereus bacterium, which has been linked to an intravenous fluid supplied by ITH Pharma.
Prof Mike Catchpole of PHE said the main findings pointed towards there being "a single incident that occurred on one day and was associated with the illness seen in the babies".
He added: "We are reassured that this was a very rare occurrence as we have not seen this particular strain of bacteria in any product made since that day and there has been no further illness."
Gerald Heddell of the MHRA said: "From our investigation to date, we continue to believe this was an isolated incident and that appropriate immediate action has been taken at ITH Pharma's facility to avoid a recurrence.
"Therefore we are allowing this critical product to be supplied to patients while our investigation continues."
The first case was reported early in June.
11 hospitalsSince then, there have been confirmed cases at nine hospitals in England:
- Addenbrooke's, Cambridge University Hospitals (three)
- Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, London (four)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London (three)
- The Whittington Hospital (one confirmed, one possible)
- Brighton & Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust (three)
- Luton and Dunstable University Hospital (two)
- Peterborough City Hospital (one)
- Southend University Hospital (one confirmed, one possible)
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital (one confirmed).
There are two possible cases at:
- Basildon University Hospital
There have been no new infections since 2 June.
Bacterial toxinsThe Bacillus cereus bacterium produces toxins that cause two types of illness.
The most common form causes nausea and vomiting after eating contaminated food.
Less common is an illness which causes fever and diarrhoea.
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