By Adam Mccleery For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 04:13 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 04:15 GMT, 18 February 2019
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Three more people have been admitted to hospital with melioidosis after 10 people contracted the disease last week with one of them dying just days later.
One person is dead and several others are now in hospital with melioidosis contracted through contaminated soil and water in the wake of the Townsville floods.
The Townsville Hospital and Health Service confirmed on Monday that three more people contracted melioidosis after the death of a woman in her 50s, two more in Townsville and one in Mt Isa.
With the recent hospital admissions the total of people who have contracted melioidosis has risen to 13 after 10 cases were confirmed last week.
The woman who died was one of the initial 10 reported cases of the diseases.
One woman is dead and several other people are now in hospital with melioidosis contracted through contaminated soil and water in the wake of the Townsville floods
Townsville Public Health Unit acting director Dr Julie Mudd (pictured) confirmed that death of the Townsville resident and hospital admissions of three
