NYC Legionnaires' outbreak kills 1 as Upper East Side cases hit 67

A Legionnaires' disease outbreak on Manhattan's Upper East Side has caused its first death and infected at least 67 people, New York City health officials said Friday. Dozens have been hospitalized, and 12 people remained in the hospital as of Thursday night. Investigators are still trying to identify the source after tests detected living or dead Legionella bacteria in cooling towers at more than 75 Upper East Side buildings and one on the Upper West Side. The city ordered the affected buildings to clean, drain and disinfect the towers. Officials began tracking the outbreak July 2. Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia spread by inhaling contaminated water droplets, not by person-to-person contact.