NEW YORK — A fourth person has died in connection with a in New York City, health officials disclosed Thursday as they revealed that some cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria are in city-run buildings.

The outbreak in Central Harlem has sickened dozens since it began in late July. Seventeen people were hospitalized as of Thursday, according to the health department.

The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease had been discovered in 12 cooling towers on 10 buildings, including a city-run hospital and sexual health clinic, . Remediation efforts have been completed on 11 of the cooling towers, with the final tower's remediation required to be completed Friday.

is a type of pneumonia that is caused by Legionella bacteria, which grow in warm water and spread through buil

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