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A COVID-19 outbreak has led to the shutdown of Toyotetsu Canada auto parts plant in Simcoe.
Employees were notified on Monday about 10 active cases at the Park Road facility, where 25 workers have tested positive since the onset of the pandemic more than one year ago.
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“Toyotetsu Canada has agreed to voluntarily shut down operations and close the plant out of an abundance of caution and will reopen when it is safe to do so,” said a media release issued by the company on Tuesday night. “Toyotetsu Canada will continue to work very closely and cooperatively with public health on any and all necessary outbreak measures to open as quickly and safely as possible.”
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Haldimand-Norfolk’s new COVID-19 cases have remained consistent over the past several days.
After two days of 20 new cases, the Haldimand Norfolk Health Unit was reporting on Wednesday 19 positive results in the past 24 hours.
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Active cases also remain fairly stationary with 286 on Wednesday compared to 291 on Tuesday.
Since the pandemic began last March, 2,231 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Haldimand-Norfolk, with 1,899 of those resulting in recovered cases.
There have been 41 deaths in the communities from the virus, including one last week, and there have been five people who had tested positive but died from complications attributed to other illnesses.
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