(Reuters) - Ninety people have been infected from the E.coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday.

The outbreak was first reported on Oct. 22 and as of Oct. 24, the FDA said 75 people have fallen ill and 22 persons hospitalized due to the outbreak, which has already killed one person.

(Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)