A man with leptospirosis died in Berkeley in May after living in a “severely rat-infested RV” not far from the Harrison Street encampment, the city has confirmed.
A woman who lived with him also caught leptospirosis — but has since recovered “after a lengthy hospitalization,” the city said Wednesday in a new public health update.
“These are the first human cases of Leptospirosis in Berkeley in more than a decade,” the city said…