BATAVIA, Ill. (WLS) — Illinois health officials are on high alert after two new cases of Legionnaires’ disease were recently confirmed in Batavia.
There are now 14 total cases in the western suburb, most of them at retirement home Covenant Living at the Holmstad.
“We are bracing ourselves knowing there may be some additional cases even though some of the corrective measures have been taken,” said Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health.