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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos and Stephanie Convery

Victoria records 71 legionnaires’ disease cases and outbreak’s first death as search for source narrows

Victoria’s chief health officer Dr Clare Looker
Victoria’s chief health officer Dr Clare Looker says investigations into the source of Melbourne’s legionnaires’ disease outbreak is focused on Derrimut and Laverton North. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Victoria has recorded 71 confirmed cases of legionnaires’ disease and one person has died from the disease in an outbreak that authorities say they have narrowed down to two suburbs in Melbourne’s west.

Victoria’s chief health officer, Dr Clare Looker, on Friday confirmed the death of a woman aged in her 90s. She said the woman became ill on Tuesday evening and presented to hospital, where she died shortly after.

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