New city data suggests the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem may be waning, although city health officials say it’s too soon to say definitively whether it has passed its peak.

“We’re trending downwards and happy to see that trend,” said Chantal Gomez, a spokesperson for the city health department, after the latest figures were released Monday afternoon.

Seven new cases of Legionnaires’ have been reported since Friday in the Legionnaires’ outbreak, which has so far sickened 90 people and killed three. There are currently 17 people hospitalized from Legionnaires’, a severe form of pneumonia, down from more than 20 last week, according to city data.

The current outbreak was likely caused by a water-cooling tower in Central Harlem emitting Legionella, a bacterium that

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