CDC Gives Update on Deadly Legionnaires’ Outbreak in California

The CDC released the update on Thursday regarding the outbreak last year.
CDC Gives Update on Deadly Legionnaires’ Outbreak in California
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided an update on an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in California that led to at least one death and was linked to the local tap water supplies.

The death was one of more than a dozen people who contracted the bacterial infection that was linked to a water system in Napa County, located in the Bay Area, according to a report issued Thursday by the CDC.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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