WASHINGTON, Nov 9: Four more US postal facilities have tested positive for anthrax in New Jersey, the US Postal Service said on Friday.

US Postal Service spokesman Bob Anderson said postal facilities in Palmer Square, Rocky Hill, Trenton Station E, and Jackson in New Jersey had tested positive for the potentially deadly bacteria.

He had no further details on the latest positive tests at US postal facilities, which have been on the front line of the anthrax scare in America.

According to official figures, 17 people have been diagnosed with anthrax since early last month and four of those have died in what President George W. Bush has called a second wave of terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks against America.

About 20 US postal facilities have tested positive for anthrax and thousands of postal workers are taking preventive antibiotics.—Reuters