NEW YORK -- Three people have died and at least 67 people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease in a cluster that broke out in the Harlem area of New York City last week, officials said in an update on Tuesday.
Last week, when the New York City Health Department announced the cluster of cases, officials said one person had died and 22 people were sick.
The cases are clustered in five ZIP codes in central Harlem, the health department said, and a spokesperson said the outbreak is not expected to spread to other communities.
"People living or working in the area with flu-like symptoms, such as cough, fever, chills, muscle aches, or difficulty breathing should contact a health care provider immediately," the department said in an earlier statement on Monday. "It is especially i