A sixth person has died from the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, according to city health officials. The latest death came as there have been 111 confirmed cases of the pneumonia-like lung infection across Harlem, with seven people still hospitalized, the New York City Health Department said in an update Thursday.

About one in 10 people who get sick from Legionnaires' disease die from the disease due to complications from illness, CDC said.

A sixth person has died in a Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, health officials said Thursday. The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said there have now been 111 confirmed cases of the disease — and that seven people are currently hospitalized. None of the dead have been identified. A fifth person died earlier this week.