One COVID-19 case triggers outbreak designation at Villa Minto in Cochrane SHARE ON:
In an institutional setting, one case of COVID-19 constitutes an outbreak. So the Villa Minto longterm care facility in Cochrane is dealing with a single-case outbreak.
The Porcupine Health Unit won’t specify whether it’s a staff member or resident, just that the case was identified during routine testin, and that the patient was not showing any symptoms.
One more case has been diagnosed in what PHU loosely defines as the “area of Cochrane, Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls”. There’s no indication whether it’s related to the one at Villa Minto.