Patient Who Caught Legionnaires' Disease at Atlanta Hotel Dies

One of the 12 people diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease after staying at the Sheraton Atlanta hotel in early July has died, officials said.

Another 61 probable cases of the disease have been identified, according to Nancy Nydam, director of communications at the Georgia Department of Public Health, CNN reported.

The hotel has not been confirmed as the source of the outbreak of the serious form of noncontagious pneumonia but voluntarily closed and is working with public health officials and environmental experts investigating the situation. The hotel will remain closed until at least Aug. 11, Ken Peduzzi, the hotel's general manager, said in a statement Tuesday, CNN reported.

Between 10,000 and 18,000 people contract Legionnaires' disease each year in the United States, and about one in 10 will die, according to a recent U.S. government report.

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