New cases have been identified in a growing Legionnaires’ disease cluster in the South Bronx, and city health officials have ordered 10 cooling towers, including at Yankee Stadium, to be cleaned and disinfected after preliminary testing detected Legionella bacteria.
The New York City Health Department said nine people have now been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease in connection with the cluster in the Melrose and Morrisania sections of the Bronx, up from five cases reported earlier in the week. One person has died, three people remain hospitalized, four have been discharged and one person did not require hospitalization.
As investigators work to identify the source of the outbreak, the city has ordered 10 cooling towers to undergo full remediation, including draining, cleaning and disinfection, by Monday…