A lung infection caused by a bacteria that lurks in drinking water killed 86 people and sent 544 to the hospital between 2015 and 2020, according to a new CDC report.
Barbara Kruschwitz, 71, died of Legionnaires' disease after staying at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa in New Hampshire, where another guest was hospitalized with the infection months later.
Both patients stayed at the $200-per-night Mountain View Resort and Spa in New Hampshire shortly before they fell ill with Legionnaires disease, which can cause severe pneumonia.
Legionella bacteria was detected in the resort hot tub. No other cases have been reported, and the bacteria was not found in the resort’s water system.
A New Hampshire resort hot tub is believed to be the source of two Legionnaires’ disease cases that left one Massachusetts woman dead and another person hospitalized.