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There is one new positive case of COVID-19 – a health-care worker who resides in Whitewater Region.
This is the second health-care worker to test positive for COVID-19 in as many days, according to the Renfrew County and District Health Unit as the Dec. 18 case summary includes an outbreak in long-term care/retirement home. Public Health Ontario notes Renfrew’s Groves Park Lodge under long-term care facilities currently in outbreak. There have now been 27 health-care workers test positive for the virus, including 12 employed outside of Renfrew County and district, in addition to 159 community cases, 22 school cases (nine staff and 13 students) and three residents of long-term care/retirement homes. There are three active outbreaks – in the Whitewater Region Mennonite community, although it is coming to a close; Algonquin College Pembroke Campus and Groves Park Lodge.
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There is one new positive case of COVID-19 – a health-care worker who resides in Whitewater Region.
This is the second health-care worker to test positive for COVID-19 in as many days, according to the Renfrew County and District Health Unit as the Dec. 18 case summary includes an outbreak in long-term care/retirement home. Public Health Ontario notes Renfrew’s Groves Park Lodge under long-term care facilities currently in outbreak. There have now been 27 health-care workers test positive for the virus, including 12 employed outside of Renfrew County and district, in addition to 159 community cases, 22 school cases (nine staff and 13 students) and three residents of long-term care/retirement homes. There are three active outbreaks – in the Whitewater Region Mennonite community, although it is coming to a close; Algonquin College Pembroke Campus and Groves Park Lodge.
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There are seven new positive cases of COVID-19 in Renfrew County and district, including two health-care workers employed in RCD and a staff member at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Petawawa.
The Dec. 17 case summary on the Renfrew County and District Health Unit website shows 16 active cases with all of the individuals self-isolating. Since the health unit revamped the case summary to include the number of cases in each municipality in RCD, it has opted to suppress all numbers less than five to protect the privacy of residents living in smaller communities. In terms of active cases, there are six in Whitewater Region and less than five each in Pembroke, Petawawa, Laurentian Valley, Arnprior and McNab Braeside.
Author of the article: Anthony Dixon
Publishing date: Dec 16, 2020 • December 16, 2020 • 4 minute read •
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The COVID-19 in Renfrew County and district continues to flatten with the Renfrew County and District Health Unit (RCDHU) listing another 14 cases as being resolved over the last 24 hours.
This according to the daily case summary posted online by the RCDHU. With one new positive test result, there are now nine current cases in the area with all of those people self-isolating at home. The total number of community cases in Renfrew County and districted since the pandemic began is 203 with one death attributed to the virus early on in the pandemic. The number of cases in the Whitewater Region Mennonite community continues to decline with only six active cases reported on Dec. 16, down from 26 on Dec. 14 and 59 on Dec. 13.