SIX more people were today diagnosed with Legionnaire's Disease in Barrow - a total of 45 confirmed cases.
One man has died, four patients are in intensive care and 74 are being treated for the bug.
Five of those were giving doctors "cause for concern", a hospital spokesman said.
A council-run civic centre opposite Barrow Town Hall has been closed as a precaution while tests are carried out to identify the source of the outbreak.
An 89-year-old local man became the first victim of the outbreak, which hospital officials said could claim up to 20 lives.
Legionnaires' Disease got its name in 1976 when there was an outbreak of pneumonia among people attending an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia. Twenty-nine legionnaires died. The disease is a form of pneumonia caused by bacteria which live in water droplets.
Ian Cumming, chief executive of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, said that, historically, about 15 per cent of those hospitalised with Legionnaire's Disease "would not pull through".
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