"Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Spreads in Manhattan: Cases Surge Sevenfold in Just Days. In a disturbing turn of events, the number of Legionnaires' disease cases in Manhattan has skyrocketed, with health officials confirming a sevenfold increase in just a short period of time. Initially, two cases were reported on Thursday, but the rapid spread of the disease has left authorities scrambling to contain the outbreak. As the number of affected individuals grows, concerns are mounting about the potential source of the outbreak and the risk to public health."
The figure is a sevenfold increase from Thursday, when the health department first announced two people had been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in the Manhattan nabes.
