{"id":918540,"date":"2026-07-07T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918540\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:08:53","slug":"latest-on-nyc-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-cases-hospitalizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/918540\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest on NYC Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: cases, hospitalizations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officials are still investigating a growing Legionnaires’ disease outbreak<\/a> in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Over a dozen hospitalizations have been reported so far, with the number of cases increasing. Here’s what to know.<\/p>\n

The latest on Legionnaires’ disease cluster in the Upper East Side<\/p>\n

The city’s health department said that it is still investigating a community cluster in Carnegie Hill and Yorkville, two areas in the Upper East Side.<\/p>\n

The reported ZIP codes affected include: 10028, 10128, and 10075. If multiple people become infected within a neighborhood, a typical source would be a cooling tower, hot tub or spray fountain, NYC Health wrote on its\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Levine, the city’s comptroller,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that this current cluster of cases is from a contaminated cooling tower, and not a water system.<\/p>\n

“All cooling towers in area are being sampled and tested in the NYC Public Health Lab,” he wrote on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0Sunday night.<\/p>\n

“It unfortunately takes several weeks for cultures to grow.”<\/p>\n

Number of Legionnaires’ disease cases grow<\/p>\n

As of July 6, the health department reported 23 cases, up from an earlier 18.<\/p>\n

The city also said that 14 hospitalizations have been reported, too.<\/p>\n

No deaths have been announced from the current cluster.<\/p>\n

How does Legionnaires’ disease spread?<\/p>\n

People are at risk of getting Legionnaires’ disease if they breathe in water vapor contaminated with the bacteria.<\/p>\n

The health department emphasized that residents cannot get it through drinking water, cooking or from using AC units, and Legionnaires’ disease is\u00a0not\u00a0contagious.<\/p>\n

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