Thursday 2 June 2022 08:04 PM NYC officials record second death in Bronx Legionnaires' outbreak trends now
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Two people in the Bronx borough of New York City have died from Legionnaires' disease after two dozen cases of the rare bacterial infection have been tied to contaminated cooling towers in the area.
The New York City Department of Health confirmed the deaths Wednesday, saying both patients were over 50 years old and had factors that put them at risk of severe disease.
Cases of the pneumonia have been detected in the Highbridge neighborhood of the city's most northern borough - which includes the region just next to the iconic Yankees Stadium.
Officials also confirmed that 24 cases have been confirmed as part of this outbreak, with four patients currently hospitalized. Four cooling towers that tested positive for bacteria that causes the disease have been sanitized.
The recent outbreak is one of the last things the city needed, with the Big Apple currently also being slammed by Covid, and leading the nation in positive monkeypox cases early in yet another public health emergency.
Two dozen cases, four hospitalizations and two deaths from Legionnaire's in the Bronx borough of New York City have been tied to
