THE number of confirmed cases of Legionnaires disease has risen but the worst of the outbreak appears to be over, health chiefs have said.
They were both previously classed as "suspected" and the number of suspected cases has therefore dropped from 49 yesterday to 47 today.
So far one man has died, named locally as 56-year-old Robert Air, from Seafield in Edinburgh.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Edinburgh City Council are investigating the source of the outbreak in the south-west of the capital.
Of the cases being treated in hospital, 11 are in intensive care and 19 are on general wards.
A total of 18 cases are being treated in the community, while 32 have been discharged from hospital.
Seven cases are being treated outwith the NHS Lothian area...
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