A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City (NYC) in the South Bronx has sickened at least 108 people, and 10 people have died from the illness. Health officials said it is the largest known outbreak in NYC. City officials tested 17 cooling towers, and five were found to be contaminated with Legionella bacteria. All five systems were disinfected. Since Legionnaires’ disease has an incubation period of up to 10 days, even though the suspected cooling towers were cleaned, the disease count continued to rise and more cases may still be reported. 
(Source: ACHR News, 10 August 2015)