Yankees Clean Stadium Tower After Legionella Found, as 10 Bronx Cases Include 1 Death
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Updated · abcnews.com · Sep 14
Yankees Clean Stadium Tower After Legionella Found, as 10 Bronx Cases Include 1 Death
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Sep 14
Summary
10 Bronx residents have tested positive for Legionnaires' disease, with 1 death and 3 hospitalizations, as health officials investigate a likely South Bronx cluster near Yankee Stadium.
One of 10 cooling towers that tested positive was at Yankee Stadium, but the Yankees said no current cases have been linked to the ballpark and the tower was drained and cleaned Sunday.
City officials said initial tests found traces of live or dead Legionella, and culture tests now underway could take up to two weeks to confirm whether the bacteria were alive.
Owners of all 10 towers were ordered to clean and disinfect them by Monday, while people who live, work or recently visited Melrose or Morrisania and have flu-like symptoms were urged to seek care.
Legionnaires' disease kills about 10% of patients and has hit New York repeatedly: an Upper East Side outbreak earlier this summer killed 11 people, and a Harlem outbreak last year killed 7.