Sixth Person Dies from Legionnaires’ Disease in Mamdani’s New York City — 90 Cases Identified and 59 Cooling Towers Found with Live Bacteria
Credit: CDC The death toll from the terrifying Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has climbed to six, even as city officials insist the source of the deadly bacteria has been eliminated. A sixth New Yorker has died in connection with the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak spreading through Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe lung infection (pneumonia) caused by Legionella bacteria.