A deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City has set health and community leaders on a campaign to educate the public on ways to prevent the bacteria from growing and spreading. Health leaders hit the streets of Harlem for a third straight day Friday with fliers urging people to take precautions as the number of infections continues to rise.

A recent cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases in New York City has once again raised alarms in Georgia about this rare illness, recalling the state’s outbreak in 2019. The New York Times reported the Harlem outbreak is linked to contaminated cooling towers in 11 buildings and 70 people have been diagnosed with three deaths reported so far.

The cases are most likely linked to a cooling tower in central Harlem, health officials said. More than 60 people have fallen ill, including three people who have died, from Legionnaires’ disease in New York City over the past several weeks, according to the city’s health department.