The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit is reporting 41 new cases of COVID-19.
The jump is the combined tally over the last three days with no data being provided on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The number of active cases for the health unit has increased to 92, which includes 63 in Northumberland County, 22 in the Kawarthas, and seven in Haliburton County.
Outbreaks are currently active at St. Mary Catholic Secondary School and Golden Plough Lodge.
Photo Credit: Northumberland County
Northumberland County is confirming a positive case of COVID-19 at the Golden Plough Lodge.
In a media release issued on Wednesday night, the County says an employee at the long-term care home has tested positive for the virus. As a result, the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (HKPR) District Health Unit has declared an outbreak at the facility. (Under Ministry guidelines, any facility with at least one positive case, is considered to be in an outbreak, once the test result is confirmed.)
Administrator Bill Detlor confirms that more than 95 per cent of the long-term care home’s residents are fully-vaccinated against the virus. He adds that all staff who wished to be vaccinated, have also received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Detlor says that the employee who tested positive, is now at home in self-isolation, adding that all COVID-19 outbreak management protocols are currently in-effect at the facility.
Photo Credit: Northumberland County
Northumberland County made the announcement Saturday and say one staff member has contracted the virus.
The employee was last at the Golden Plough Lodge Thursday and is now at home in self-isolation.
GPL administrator, Bill Detlor, says they are working closely with the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit to ensure stringent and preventative measures are in place to keep residents and staff safe.
This is the second outbreak at the facility in 2021.
The first was identified in a single staff member on January 3, and there was never any spread within the home.
Detlor adds that contract tracing has been completed and risk of exposure within the GPL is considered low, and no other residents or staff are showing any syptoms of COVID-19.
/ PTBO Today
Dec 29, 2020 8:10 AM
Northumberland-Peterborough South’s MPP is saying ‘thank you’ to the constituents of his riding, for following public health guidelines and supporting each other during 2020.
David Piccini says his team was proud to support many healthcare programs and services this year, including paramedicine, ways to help seniors live at home longer and an investment for the Golden Plough Lodge.
In an effort to stop COVID-19 from spreading, Ontario is moving into lockdown effective Boxing Day.
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