Dawn Rhodes
The number of fatalities at a downstate veterans home hit by an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease is now at seven, and officials said that figure could grow.
A total of 39 residents of the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy have tested positive for Legionnaire’s, with seven of them dying in the past week, officials with the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the state Department of Public Health said Tuesday.
The outbreak was first made public Thursday, when eight people had contracted the disease but no one had died. There were four fatalities as of early Monday, and three more people died between midday Monday and early Tuesday, officials said.
Those who died had been infected with the disease, but officials have not confirmed
whether Legionnaires’ was the cause of death. Testing is ongoing for other residents.
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