Outbreaks continue with death toll rising across northeastern Ontario midnorthmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from midnorthmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Author of the article: HELEN MORLEY
Publishing date: Feb 11, 2021 • February 11, 2021 • 2 minute read •
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On Saturday, Feb. 6, only two public health units in northeastern Ontario did not have COVID-19 outbreaks. The other three have at least one outbreak with the majority of outbreaks being in the Public Health Sudbury & District region. At the moment they are confined to the Greater Sudbury area. The Sudbury area has also seen a large number of their active cases resolved. Since Saturday, Jan. 30, Algoma Public Health has seen an increase of 16 cases in its region, going from 165 confirmed cases to 181. The active cases increased to 25, with 156 reported as resolved. The only ongoing outbreak in their region is at the FJ Davey House. It was declared on Friday, Jan. 29 after six staff members tested positive for the disease. The death toll for the health unit sits at two.
SUDBURY It s been an agonizing few days inside Sudbury s Amberwood Suites Retirement Home after marking its third COVID-related death in three days. On Monday, residents, staff and essential care providers were being swabbed once again in a bid to see if they were successful in curbing transmission within the facility. It s been one week since the number of cases skyrocketed to 32 residents and three staff. Officials said this is the worst outbreak northeastern Ontario has seen since the start of the pandemic. It s been an absolute relief for the family, said Diane Jeffery whose mother, a resident inside Amberwood, tested negative for COVID. They re still very concerned and we re very concerned. It s been very stressful because when it first started at Amberwood, we didn t know what was going on.