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Health officials probe possible Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Orange County
PUBLISHED: December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM EST | UPDATED: December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM EST
Florida health officials are reporting a recent increase in infections from Legionella, the bacteria causing the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease, in Orange County as two patients say clinicians informed them of an outbreak possibly linked to a local gym.
State health data shows Orange County has had 59 confirmed cases of Legionellosis in 2025, including 11 in the first three weeks of November, compared to 48 in 2024. The Orlando Sentinel obtained an alert the state health department sent to clinicians about the recent increase in the disease, described by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, as “a serious pneumonia.”...
Health officials probe possible Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Orange County
PUBLISHED: December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM EST | UPDATED: December 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM EST
Florida health officials are reporting a recent increase in infections from Legionella, the bacteria causing the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease, in Orange County as two patients say clinicians informed them of an outbreak possibly linked to a local gym.
State health data shows Orange County has had 59 confirmed cases of Legionellosis in 2025, including 11 in the first three weeks of November, compared to 48 in 2024. The Orlando Sentinel obtained an alert the state health department sent to clinicians about the recent increase in the disease, described by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, as “a serious pneumonia.”...