A recent cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in New York City has once again raised alarms in Georgia about this rare illness, recalling the state’s outbreak in 2019. The New York Times reported the Harlem outbreak is linked to contaminated cooling towers in 11 buildings and 70 people have been diagnosed with three deaths reported so far.

Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria that grows in warm water. It has infected 67 people in a growing cluster of disease in New York.

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City has killed three people and sickened more than six dozen since late July. This type of pneumonia is caused by the bacteria Legionella, which grows in warm water.