HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- The New York City Health Department declared the Legionnaires' outbreak in Central Harlem officially over on Friday.
Over the last three weeks, a total of 114 cases were identified, 90 people were hospitalized and seven people died. Six people remain hospitalized.
The NYC Health Department investigated the outbreak in Central Harlem, in areas covered by ZIP codes including 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037, and 10039.
They say Legionella bacteria recovered from cooling towers at both Harlem Hospital and a construction site leased by the city's Economic Development Corporation have been genetically matched to cases of the Legionnaire's community cluster.
The Health Department's Public Health Laboratory used cutting edge molecular analysis to match the strain found