{"id":295589,"date":"2026-07-14T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295589\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:40:08","slug":"heres-where-nyc-found-legionnaires-in-water-towers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295589\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s where NYC found Legionnaires’ in water towers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city released a set of over 30 addresses where cooling towers<\/a> tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.<\/p>\n

Although a positive test doesn’t signify if the building was the outbreak’s source, all listed were required to clean and disinfect their cooling towers.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know.<\/p>\n

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan<\/p>\n

On Friday, city comptroller Mark Levine announced 31 addresses that tested positive for the bacteria in its cooling towers. One of the locations was the Guggenheim Museum.<\/p>\n

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

By Monday night, cases appeared to be slowing down, Levine said, a possible indication that “the source of exposure has been eliminated.” All of the buildings had been directed to clean their cooling towers.<\/p>\n

As of late July 13, there were 60 cases<\/a> of Legionnaires’ in the community cluster. Out of those cases, 15 were hospitalized, 34 were discharged, and 11 were not hospitalized. No one had died from the current cluster.<\/p>\n

Why did NYC release addresses of positive cooling towers?<\/p>\n

The city health department said that the mayor’s office ordered the release of addresses in an effort for transparency, a move that had not been done before.<\/p>\n

The agency also ordered all of the buildings to immediately clean and disinfect the positive towers, saying that it was “a more aggressive strategy\u00a0than\u00a0requiring\u00a0a\u00a0boost\u00a0of\u00a0chemical\u00a0disinfectant levels while\u00a0awaiting\u00a0a culture testing confirms the presence of live\u00a0Legionella\u00a0bacteria, a process that takes two weeks, to conduct a full\u00a0cleaning.”<\/p>\n

What should locals do now?<\/p>\n

Residents and those who have visited the area should still keep an eye out for flu-like symptoms due to a delay between infection and sickness.<\/p>\n

Some of the symptoms include:<\/p>\n

headaches and muscle aches<\/p>\n

coughing and shortness of breath<\/p>\n

Officials have emphasized that residents can still do everyday activities with their water supply, like drink tap water, shower, cook and use AC units at home.<\/p>\n

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