Sydney, July 31 -- One person died and six more were treated in hospital amid an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in an inner-Sydney suburb, the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) said in a statement on Thursday.
Seven people from Potts Point, an affluent inner-city suburb less than two km from the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Sydney Opera House, have contracted Legionnaires' disease since May.
The cases include a man aged in his 80s who became ill in late June and has since died.
The remaining six people were hospitalized for treatment. Five have been discharged and the sixth is recovering.
None of the patients, all of whom were aged between 45 and 95, were known to each other but may have been exposed to a common sou...