KAWARTHA LAKES- Kawartha 411 News has learned that a staff member at Victoria Manor in Lindsay has tested positive for Coronavirus.
This brings the total number of cases in the City of Kawartha Lakes to 178 and 225 in the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge (HKPR)District Health Unit area. The death toll stands at 32.
Victoria Manor is a Long Term Care facility with 166 beds for residential care with 20 private rooms, 75 semi-private rooms, and 71 basic rooms.
Staff were notified in a daily update call from management on Saturday night. Sources say they weren’t told who the staff member is.
The Health Unit confirmed the positive result.
“There is one person who has tested positive at Victoria Manor through surveillance screening and they are being retested.” Chandra Tremblay HKPR told Kawartha 411. “All high risk contacts have been contacted and provided with the public health recommendations
Another staff member tested positive for the virus back in July. Read more here:https://www.kawartha411.ca/2020/06/22/staff-member-at-victoria-manor-in-lindsay-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/
As of yesterday there has been a total of 42,309 cases of Coronavirus in Ontario. 2,811 people have died.
