Eighth person ill with legionnaires' disease, two in hospital

An eighth person has contracted legionnaires' disease, New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard says.

An outbreak was declared last month in the Moncton region when six people were sick. 

Another case was announced in mid-August. One of those seven people died, Public Health said two weeks ago, and in an interview with CBC on Tuesday, Shephard extended condolences to the person's family.

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