HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- New York City officials announced another death on Thursday in connection to the Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem, just hours after identifying 12 cooling towers in 10 Harlem buildings that tested positive for the disease.

The update comes weeks after the start of the outbreak that has now resulted in 99 cases and four deaths. . Officials say 17 people remain hospitalized.

City health officials have linked the outbreak to cooling towers, structures containing water and a fan that are used to cool buildings. Health officials say you can get the disease by breathing in water vapor that has Legionella bacteria, which grows in warm water.

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For the first time since the outbreak started, city officials identifi

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