{"id":560728,"date":"2026-07-21T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560728\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:33:19","slug":"fourth-death-confirmed-in-nyc-legionnaires-disease-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560728\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth death confirmed in NYC Legionnaires\u2019 disease outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fourth person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires\u2019 disease in Manhattan, according to city health officials, hours after the mayor said the source of the illnesses appeared to have been eliminated.<\/p>\n

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There were 76 total cases confirmed by the New York City Health Department, seven of whom were still hospitalized as of Monday evening. The fourth death came a day after the third fatal case had been confirmed<\/a>; it was the fourth consecutive day a death had been reported.<\/p>\n

Questions continued to swirl among Upper East Side residents Monday, even as city officials believe the Legionnaires\u2019 outbreak may be now under control three weeks after the legionella bacteria was first confirmed in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe we have now eliminated the source of exposure. Regardless, we will continue to inspect cooling towers and aggressively enforce health laws,\u201d Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken by the loss of my fellow New Yorkers and send my deepest condolences to their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, an attorney for one of the victims, an 88-year-old man, said the victim\u2019s wife found him suddenly ill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t as if he has an acute illness that he was suffering for. He was sitting in his apartment by an open window and reading a magazine, and when she came home, he had a 104-degree fever,\u201d attorney Ronald Katter said.<\/p>\n

Legionnaires\u2019 disease is a form of severe pneumonia caused by a type of bacteria that thrives in warm, stagnant water. Health officials have focused on testing cooling towers that are part of air conditioning systems for large buildings. Property owners have been ordered to drain and disinfect towers where there has been a positive test result.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to reassure New Yorkers they can use tap water, bathe, shower and cook and use air conditioners at home,\u201d said Mamdani.<\/p>\n

Legionnaires\u2019 disease is treatable but 10% of people will die due to complications from the illness, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n

Last year, seven people died and more than 100 were sickened during an outbreak in Harlem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe advise anyone who has spent time in the three affected ZIP codes \u2014 10028, 10075, 10128 \u2014 to seek medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms, as Legionnaires\u2019 disease symptoms can appear up to 14 days after exposure,\u201d the statement added. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to keep New Yorkers updated on the details of this investigation. The most up-to-date information is available on the Health Department\u2019s website<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fourth person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires\u2019 disease in Manhattan, according to city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":["post-560728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}