Legionnaire's deaths rise to four; five more diagnoses in 24 hours
Friday, September 19, 2014 @ 7:18 PM
ANOTHER two patients diagnosed with Legionnaire's disease in Sabadell (Barcelona province) have died, health authorities report.
And the original 22 sufferers has risen to 28.
Two people were reported as having passed away on Wednesday, and 17 being treated in hospital whilst another three had been discharged.
Yesterday (Thursday), two patients aged 84 and 86 with serious pre-existing health conditions died in Sabadell's Parc Taulí hospital.
One other was discharged yesterday, but a further five patients – all men aged between 48 and 86 with serious or very serious pre-existing medical problems – were admitted to hospital.
Of the 20 still being treated, 14 are at the Parc Taulí (pictured), four in the Catalunya General Hospital and two in the Clínica del Vallès.
Health authorities believe the number of patients may continue to rise, since those detected to date caught the virus between September 12 and 16, and the incubation period is 10 days.
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