Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Source Likely a Cooling Tower

78 cases have been confirmed and 2 people have died in the current Victorian outbreak.

Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease in a 1978 electron microscope image. Francis Chandler/CDC via AP

Victorian authorities have identified a cooling tower as the likely source of a Legionnaires Disease outbreak in the state.

The health department confirmed 78 cases and 10 suspected cases of Legionnaires  disease in just a week and a half as of 5 p.m. Aug. 5.