NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Three people have died, and over 50 other people are sick in Manhattan as an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease is affecting the community if Harlem.

The outbreak was reported in late July.

Currently, Legionnaires’ disease can be found in Central Harlem in the zip codes highlighted in the visualization below.

City health officials link the outbreak to cooling towers, structures containing water and a fan that are used to cool buildings. They say 11 of these towers initially tested positive for a type of bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, but the problem has been remedied.

The zip codes are 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037, and 10039, and bordering communities, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

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