New Delhi, July 18 -- NEW YORK - New York City's health commissioner announced Thursday that one person has died in connection with the Legionnaires' disease cluster spreading through the Upper East Side, the first fatality in an outbreak that has now reached 67 confirmed cases in a Manhattan neighborhood since the start of the month. The death adds urgency to a public health response that authorities have described as aggressive but incomplete.

"I am saddened to report that one person has died in connection with the Legionnaires' disease community cluster on the Upper East Side," Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin said in a statement Thursday. The health department said it would not disclose any additional information about the i...