Upper East Side Legionnaires outbreak kills two more
Two additional deaths linked to the Upper East Side Legionnaires' disease cluster raised the toll to 11, city officials said, though investigators say the outbreak is no longer spreading after the last diagnosis occurred more than six weeks ago. The cluster sickened 94 people this summer and led to nearly 80 hospital admissions, but health officials reported no current hospitalizations and said the last patient has recovered. Dozens of water cooling towers atop buildings—including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cooper Hewitt and the Guggenheim—tested positive for legionella, and scientists will work to match tower samples with patient samples with results expected in September.
Outbreak death toll rose to 11 with 94 total cases
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This summer 94 people were sickened in an Upper East Side Legionnaires cluster. Two more people died, bringing total deaths to 11, and officials say the outbreak is no longer spreading. Scientists will match cooling tower samples with…
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