A second person has died after catching Legionnaires' disease in the outbreak in Edinburgh, NHS Lothian said.
A man with "significant" pre-existing underlying health conditions died early on Thursday evening in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
The health board said that he was one of the confirmed cases in the outbreak, which began in the Scottish capital at the beginning of June.
The first man to die was named as Robert Air, 56, from the Seafield area of the capital, whose death was reported on June 5.
Mr Air's funeral took place on Friday at 10am at the Seafield crematorium which was full to capacity for the service.
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Nicola Sturgeon said: "My sincere condolences go to the family and friends of the patient who passed away in Edinburgh tonight in a case linked to the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the city. My thoughts are with them at this very difficult time.
"Despite this sad and tragic development, it remains the case that we believe the outbreak to have peaked." However, we continue to monitor the situation carefully.
"The Health and Safety Executive and Edinburgh City Council are continuing to make progress in their investigations into the possible source of the outbreak."
Dr Duncan McCormick, Chair of the Incident Management Team and Consultant in Public Health Medicine at NHS Lothian, said: "Whilst we realised that further deaths were a possibility this additional death is extremely sad and I would like to express my sincere condolences to the family of the patient."
Anyone with any concerns is being advised to contact the special NHS 24 helpline on 08000 85 85 31.
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