October 27, 2016 zacherlaw 0 Comments

Three people that visited the Red Roof Inn in Danville, Illinois between October 2015 and September 2016 developed Legionnaires’ disease. Two of these people are residents of Michigan that were traveling together, while the third is a resident of northern Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health collected samples from the swimming pool, spa, and a guest room at the hotel on October 5, 2016 to test for the presence of Legionella bacteria. However, on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, Vermilion County Health Administrator Doug Toole announced that the 10 samples collected at the hotel all tested negative for Legionella. Toole also indicated that…