Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A fifth person has died amid Central Harlem's legionnaires' disease outbreak, New York City health officials said, as they continue to investigate the cluster.
Dr. Michelle Morse, acting health commissioner for New York City, announced the death in a brief statement to X on Monday night, saying that health officials have concluded that an unidentified individual who died before mid-August from the disease is connected to the Harlem outbreak.
The cluster was first detected in Central Harlem on July 25, and has since grown to 108 confirmed cases as of Tuesday. Fourteen patients have been hospitalized.
Officials said the cluster has been identified in the ZIP codes of 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037 and 10039, but stated the risk to residents of those communities remains low.
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