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New Case Of Legionnaires Disease Reported

(Portland, OR) -- Another person has been hospitalized with Legionnaires Disease in connection to a deadly outbreak at the Rosemont Court apartments in North Portland. That brings the total number of people hospitalized to five. One person has died. The Multnomah County Health Department says four other people are presumed to have the illness based on symptoms, and one person contracted it from a different property very close to the apartments. The Health Department has notified neighbors to be aware of signs of illness and how to lower the risk.

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