Covid-19 Outbreak At Listowel Hospital, Stratford General Hospital, Knollcrest Lodge & Cedarcroft

Case count

• Today (19Dec2020) we are reporting a total of 513 cumulative confirmed cases in Huron-Perth, with 64 active cases (8 added since yesterday).
• There are currently 3 people in hospital due to COVID
• Details on where the active cases are can be found here: https://www.hpph.ca/en/health-matters/covid-19-in-huron-and-perth.aspx

Outbreaks

• Hospitals:
  • An outbreak has been declared on the 2^nd floor medicine unit of the Listowel Memorial Hospital. Currently, 4 patients and 8 staff have been identified as part of the outbreak.  HPPH is working closely with the hospital in responding to the outbreak. For more information: https://lwha.ca/covid-19-outbreak-declared-at-lmh/
  • The outbreak at the Medicine Unit at Stratford General Hospital appears to be under control and remains at 7 staff members.  Outbreak control measures continue to be in place.
• Long-Term Care & Retirement Homes:
  • There is currently 1 outbreak at Knollcrest Lodge, declared after a healthcare worker tested positive during routine surveillance.
  • There continues to be no change in number cases related to the Cedarcroft outbreak. The total number of confirmed cases remains at: 50 confirmed cases in residents and 24 cases in staff. There are no active cases among residents OR staff.

COVID-19 Vaccine

• Huron Perth Public Health will continue to provide updates about the COVID-19 vaccine as and when they become available.
• You can subscribe to our new webpage on the COVID-19 vaccine to receive alerts when new information is added: https://www.hpph.ca/en/health-matters/covid-19-vaccine-information.aspx
• Visit the provincial vaccine web page at: https://covid-19.ontario.ca/covid-19-vaccines-ontario for the latest information about the vaccine rollout in Ontario.