One of the seven people who contracted legionnaires' disease in the Moncton region has died, Public Health says.

Dr. Yves Léger, regional medical officer of health, said for privacy reasons he couldn't offer details about the person other than that they had other existing risk factors.

Léger said he couldn't definitively say if the person's recent death was caused by legionnaires' disease.

"I imagine that it's probably in large part linked to their infection," he said in an interview Tuesday afternoon. "But in terms of the exact nature and details, those still have to be clarified at this point."

Seven people have become ill with the severe form of pneumonia. An outbreak was declared in early August. Léger said there have been no additional cases reported, and one person remains in hospital.

The seven included three men and four women. One person is in their mid-20s, and the rest are between their 50s and 90s.

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