Overview
- State health officials linked the cluster to exposure at a local gym, pushing the county’s 2025 total to 82 cases, the highest on record for the area.
- News outlets identified the site as a Crunch Fitness location, which is cooperating with authorities and has closed showers, spas, pools, and other hot-water areas.
- Samples taken from showers, water heaters, sinks, and pools or spas have all tested negative for Legionella to date, and the epidemiologic investigation remains active.
- Health guidance notes that infection occurs from inhaling contaminated aerosols rather than person-to-person spread, with older adults, smokers, and people with chronic conditions at higher risk.
- The building reportedly saw a smaller Legionella event in 2017 under a different operator, and the current spike aligns with a national rise tied to aging water systems and warmer, wetter conditions.