COVID-19: Mt. Ascutney sees COVID-19 case cluster; Hanover Terrace outbreak hits nearly 90% of residents
Published: 12/9/2020 7:20:08 PM
The acute rehabilitation unit at Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, Vt., has a cluster of patients and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19.
The cluster in the 10-bed unit includes three patients and four staff members, Otelah Perry, Mt. Ascutney’s director of quality, patient safety and compliance, said via email on Tuesday. The cluster was previously announced by Mt. Ascutney CEO Joseph Perras in an update recorded on Friday and posted to the website of Windsor On-Air.
The first asymptomatic patient tested positive on Dec. 2. In addition to the seven people connected to the rehab unit, two other hospital employees tested positive last week.
COVID-19: Hanover Terrace outbreak sees first fatality as infection rate tops 90%
Modified: 12/9/2020 9:37:03 PM
HANOVER A Hanover Terrace resident who had tested positive for COVID-19 died Tuesday evening, according to the nursing home’s temporary administrator.
The outbreak at the Lyme Road facility grew to include a total of 96 people on Wednesday, adding six more cases including two residents and four workers, said Martha Ilsley, the administrator, in an email.
The outbreak now includes a total of 68 residents, 26 workers and two essential workers employed by an outside vendor.
Due to the death and another resident being discharged earlier this week after testing positive, the total number of current residents infected as of Wednesday was 66, more than 90% of the 72 residents residing there.