>In this story there have been 34 deaths due to the microbe in the last 10 years. The affected area is a town of 26,000 Maybe you know what you mean but I took

>In this story there have been 34 deaths due to the microbe in the last 10 years. The affected area is a town of 26,000 Maybe you know what you mean but I took these sentences together as there having been 34 cases in the town. Actually there have been only 34 reported cases in the whole US between 2009 and 2018.