NYC Releases 31 Legionella-Linked Buildings as Upper East Side Cases Rise to 54
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Updated · NBC New York · Jul 11
NYC Releases 31 Legionella-Linked Buildings as Upper East Side Cases Rise to 54
3 articles · Updated · NBC New York · Jul 11
Summary
31 Upper East Side buildings with Legionella-positive cooling towers were identified by the Mamdani administration, with 19 already drained and disinfected and 12 ordered to finish cleanup by Saturday.
54 people have now been sickened in the outbreak, up from 46 a day earlier, and 18 are hospitalized; officials said no deaths have been reported.
More than 180 cooling towers have been sampled across ZIP codes 10075, 10028 and 10128, and the list could grow as testing continues.
1071 Fifth Avenue—the Guggenheim Museum—was among the remediated sites; the museum said it acted after an initial PCR result and that the city required no further action.
Health officials said the positive tests do not yet show which tower caused exposure because current results cannot distinguish live from dead bacteria, a point at the center of criticism over whether the city should disinfect more towers immediately.