Another person sickened in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem has died. This is the sixth death reported in connection to the outbreak, which was first reported July 25. As of Thursday, there have been 111 confirmed cases and seven people are currently hospitalized.

Six people have died, and more than 100 others have been sickened in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak centered in New York City. The situation has prompted an aggressive sweep of building cooling towers and an urgent warning to

A sixth person has died in a Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, health officials said Thursday. The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said there have now been 111 confirmed cases of the disease — and that seven people are currently hospitalized. None of the dead have been identified. A fifth person died earlier this week.