At least 87 Brits admitted to hospital and hundreds sick with bug ‘likely from supermarket food’ [Video]

AT least 86 people have been admitted to hospital with E. coli linked to supermarket sandwiches.

Food chiefs are “confident” a type of lettuce found in the sandwiches in behind the outbreak of the bloody diarrhoea-causing bug.

Over 86 people were admitted to hospital with E. coli E. coli, most likely after eating contaminated lettuce

John has been left with Guillain-Barre Syndrome after eating a recalled wrapCredit: SWNS

New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows there have been 45 further cases of E. coli infection as of June 18.

This takes the total number of confirmed cases across the UK since the outbreak began to 256.

All those who have been affected first developed symptoms before May 31.

It comes as a Cheshire man was left with a “serious brain injury” after catching E. coli from £4.99 wrap he bought in Boots – which has since been recalled

John Daniels, 66, has now instructed lawyers …