Bronx Legionnaires’ Disease Cluster Case Update 8/12/15
- New York City 08/12/2015 (Mayor's Office)

Bronx Legionnaires’ Disease

-No new cases with onset of symptoms after 8/3.

-Health officials remain confident that one or more of the five locations that initially tested positive was the source of the outbreak, and that through disinfection of the source, the outbreak has been contained.

Cases:

-Reported individuals with Legionnaires’: 119
-Individuals treated and discharged: 88
-Individuals with Legionnaires’ deceased: 12
-All deceased individuals were adults with underlying medical conditions.