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The decline in COVID-19 case information continues within the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, as a total of 19 confirmed cases were added Tuesday, along with a drop of 27 in the number of active cases.
Data posted Tuesday afternoon showed eight new cases in Cornwall, one in North Glengarry, one in South Stormont, one in North Stormont, one in North Dundas, two in Russell, three in Hawkesbury, and two in Clarence-Rockland. The running total of confirmed COVID-19 cases within the region now sits at 2,399.
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The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Eastern Ontario Health Unit region continued to decrease Wednesday, as 25 new cases were confirmed.
In its early afternoon update, the health unit added 11 new cases in Cornwall, two in South Glengarry, two in North Glengarry, one in South Stormont, three in North Dundas, two in Russell, one in Hawkesbury, one in Champlain, and two in Clarence-Rockland.
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The 43 cases set to resolved across the region, taking the new cases into account, led to a drop of 18 on the count of active cases, which sat at 560. The cumulative total of COVID-19 cases within the EOHU is now at 2,253.
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Jan 15, 2021 - 9:19am
The Red Cross will arrive Monday at the Lancaster Long-Term Care facility, where six residents have died due to COVID-19, 34 other residents along with ten staff members have contracted the disease. The affected staff members are self-isolating at home, executive director Nicole Gurnsey said in a memo issued Thursday. Residents remain isolated to their rooms, are receiving in-room meal service, and are on contact droplet precautions, she added. “We had the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour here on Monday, and they were very pleased with the infection prevention and control measures that we have in place, and the home did not receive any further direction from them,” the executive director said.
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Jan 15, 2021 - 9:19am
The Red Cross will arrive Monday at the Lancaster Long-Term Care facility, where six residents have died due to COVID-19, 34 other residents along with ten staff members have contracted the disease. The affected staff members are self-isolating at home, executive director Nicole Gurnsey said in a memo issued Thursday. Residents remain isolated to their rooms, are receiving in-room meal service, and are on contact droplet precautions, she added. “We had the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour here on Monday, and they were very pleased with the infection prevention and control measures that we have in place, and the home did not receive any further direction from them,” the executive director said.
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