On Wednesday, WESH 2 received information from Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith that 14 confirmed and suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease had been reported in Orange County due to "gym exposure."

The reports stated that an outbreak occurred at the Crunch Fitness in Ocoee.

Florida Department of Health testing shared with WESH 2 by the gym showed no Legionella bacterial growths in swabs collected on Nov. 21.

Crunch Fitness Ocoee reached out to WESH 2 and provided this statement:

Recent testing conducted by the Florida Department of Health has confirmed that all 20 environmental samples collected at Crunch Ocoee — including nine bulk-water samples and 11 swab samples — tested negative for Legionella. The Department performed an extensive evaluation of our facility, including the spa sys

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