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An outbreak of COVID-19 at Belleville General Hospital has been linked to the death of one inpatient and the infections of more people beyond the initial group, The Intelligencer has learned.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reported the outbreak on the Quinte 5 medical inpatient unit began April 27.
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“Tragically, one individual who already had significant underlying conditions contracted COVID-19 through the outbreak, and passed away,” Susan Rowe, Quinte Health Care’s vice-president of people and strategy, wrote via e-mail.
OTTAWA Ottawa Public Health is reporting 104 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday, the second straight day with a triple-digit increase in cases. Five more deaths linked to novel coronavirus were also reported. Since the first case of COVID-19 in Ottawa on March 11, 2020, there have been 25,732 cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa, including 533 deaths. The 104 new cases in Ottawa follows 115 cases on Wednesday and 67 new cases on Tuesday. Across Ontario, there are 2,759 new cases of novel coronavirus on Thursday. Health officials reported 774 new cases in Toronto, 602 in Peel Region and 258 in York Region. Public Health Ontario reports 110 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday. There is sometimes a discrepancy in COVID-19 reporting between Public Health Ontario and Ottawa Public Health based on when the data is collected from the reporting system.
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May 13, 2021 | 1:53 PM
Loyalist College faculty member Barb Remington supervised Practical Nursing student Emily Paris as she successfully vaccinated 13 patients at the regional Immunization Centre on May 11. (Photo provided by Loyalist)
Loyalist College students are now helping to administer COVID-19 vaccines at the mass immunization clinic on campus.
The College has announced in a statement this morning, that they will by supervised by College faculty as they work to assist Hastings Prince Edward Public Health get shots into arms.
Loyalist students involved in this initiative are in the Practical Nursing, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Paramedic programs.
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An outbreak of COVID-19 at Belleville General Hospital has been linked to the death of one inpatient and the infections of more people beyond the initial group, The Intelligencer has learned.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health reported the outbreak on the Quinte 5 medical inpatient unit began April 27.
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“Tragically, one individual who already had significant underlying conditions contracted COVID-19 through the outbreak, and passed away,” Susan Rowe, Quinte Health Care’s vice-president of people and strategy, wrote via e-mail.