NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Another person has died from Legionnaires' Disease, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's website.

This brings the number of deaths up to four.

The spread began in Central Harlem on July 25 with five reported cases of the disease. Since then, 92 confirmed cases have been documented, including deaths and 15 hospitalizations, according to the city’s Health Department.

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 p

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