Sixth Person Dies to Upper East Side's Legionnaires' Outbreak
Health officials say culture testing found live bacteria in 56 buildings, helping investigators narrow the outbreak source after five deaths and 89 infections.
- On Tuesday, the New York City Health Department confirmed a sixth death linked to the Legionnaires' disease outbreak on the Upper East Side, where 89 people have tested positive since July 2.
- Health officials identified 56 buildings on the Upper East Side with active Legionella bacteria in cooling towers, which spread illness through airborne water droplets in the Carnegie Hill and Yorkville neighborhoods.
- Data shows 85% of patients required hospitalization, while only 52% of the affected cooling towers had been inspected in the past year as of June 17, according to city records.
- City Council Speaker Julie Menin plans to hold a September oversight hearing to 'examine the administration's insufficient response to this outbreak,' citing failures to 'proactively' disinfect cooling towers.
- Authorities remain 'confident' the cluster has been eradicated, reporting no new diagnoses since July 15, though 12 buildings await culture test results to confirm the full extent of contamination.
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