A sixth person has died from Legionnaires’ disease connected to the outbreak in Central Harlem, health officials announced on Wednesday. The patient died outside of New York City earlier this month. The city’s health department reported that 111 people have been affected by the disease,

Another person sickened in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem has died. This is the sixth death reported in connection to the outbreak, which was first reported July 25. As of Thursday, there have been 111 confirmed cases and seven people are currently hospitalized.

Two construction workers who contracted Legionnaires’ disease while on the job in Harlem are suing over what attorney and civil rights activist Ben Crump called a “preventable outbreak” that