4th person dies from Legionnaires' disease in North Carolina

Monday, October 21, 2019
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WPVI) -- A 4th person has now died from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in North Carolina.

State health authorities say most of 141 confirmed cases stemmed from a state fair at an agricultural center in Fletcher, near Asheville in western North Carolina.


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It's believed most of them walked by a display of hot tubs, and at least one of them may have had contaminated water.

The bubbling water put microscopic droplets containing bacteria into the air.
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The state health department says one victim was at the agricultural center for a quilt show, not the fair.

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