State officials are looking into more than a dozen cases of respiratory illness at a LaSalle Veterans' Home.
Eleven residents tested positive with pneumonia over the past several months. One of the residents also tested positive for Legionnaires' disease. A spokesperson for the Department of Veterans' Affairs says the 97-year-old resident had multiple underlying issues and has since died.
Two other people in LaSalle County tested positive for Legionnaires' disease.
According to a news release, the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Department of Public Health are looking into water treatment at the LaSalle Veterans' Home. The home is installing water-filtering shower heads.
The heightened awareness comes after several deaths at the Quincy Veterans Home. There were nearly 300 cases of the disease reported across the state last year.
