A fifth person has died in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City, health officials said Tuesday night.

New York City is investigating a Legionnaires' disease outbreak after 76 infections and four deaths on the Upper East Side. The cluster has renewed attention on symptoms, water-borne spread and the heightened risk to older and vulnerable people.

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York, the New York City Health Department announced Saturday.

July 20 (UPI) -- A third person has died in the Upper East Side's ongoing Legionnaires' disease outbreak, New York City health officials said, even as the rate of new cases has significantly slowed and the source of the cluster is believed to have been eliminated.

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York, the New York City Health Department announced Saturday.

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York.

A Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City has claimed its first life, health officials said Friday.

The outbreak has sickened 67 people with 12 hospitalized as investigators trace Legionella bacteria to dozens of cooling towers on the Upper East Side.

A Legionnaires’ disease patient has died from the outbreak in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood.