Published Wednesday, March 17, 2021 8:07AM EDT Toronto Public Health says more than half of the 70 confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to an outbreak at the Toronto South Detention Centre have screened positive for a variant of concern. In an email to CP24, Dr. Vinita Dubey, the city’s associate medical officer of health, said that as of March 16, site-wide testing at the Etobicoke jail has led to 70 positive cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “Of these, 36 Toronto cases have screened positive for a variant of concern,” Dubey’s statement read. “There are also two other individuals who also screened positive for a variant of concern, who are not Toronto cases and are being managed by another heath unit.”
Toronto South Detention Centre dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, 70 confirmed cases
by News Staff
Last Updated Mar 17, 2021 at 7:29 am EDT
The Toronto South Detention Centre is shown in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Advocates across Canada are calling for the release of non-violent inmates and a unified plan to deal with the health and safety of people in the correctional system during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
The Toronto South Detention Centre is dealing with another COVID-19 outbreak.
Toronto Public Health (TPH) says there are 70 confirmed cases linked to the outbreak at the Etobicoke jail, located near Kipling and Horner.
TORONTO Toronto Public Health says more than half of the 70 confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to an outbreak at the Toronto South Detention Centre have screened positive for a variant of concern. In an email to CP24, Dr. Vinita Dubey, the city’s associate medical officer of health, said that as of March 16, site-wide testing at the Etobicoke jail has led to 70 positive cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “Of these, 36 Toronto cases have screened positive for a variant of concern,” Dubey’s statement read. “There are also two other individuals who also screened positive for a variant of concern, who are not Toronto cases and are being managed by another heath unit.”
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