Updated on January 6, 2021 at 2:53 pm
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A second South Bay hospital on Tuesday reported a coronavirus outbreak in its emergency department.
St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy confirmed 10% of its ER staff has tested positive in the past week. This comes on the heels of an outbreak at the San Jose Kaiser emergency department, which grew to 60 staff members Tuesday.
St. Louise confirmed eight of its more-than-80 emergency department staff have tested positive for coronavirus since mid-December. A spokeswoman for the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital system says, “.personnel in the Emergency Department are being tested more frequently, at least every three days, as a result of these recent cases. We will also be implementing daily rapid testing of Emergency Department personnel before their shift begins.”
The Tablet December 14, 2020
Knights of Columbus Donated $10,000 to Replace Statue Damaged by Vandal
CONEY ISLAND With a helping hand from the Knights of Columbus, parishioners at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace took part in the dedication of a new statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in a ceremony on Dec. 12 that marked the start of a new chapter in the parish.
The previous statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was seriously damaged by a vandal who toppled it from its perch and threw it to the ground on Sept. 11, according to police. A suspect was arrested a month after the incident charged with criminal mischief.