The Vermont Health Department has confirmed that Copley Hospital in Morrisville had an outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 virus in mid-January. Up to five people were impacted during the hospital outbreak, which was first reported Jan. 12, the health department said last Friday. Copley officials and the Vermont Health Department did not make the hospital outbreak known to the public when first detected. Joseph Woodin, Copleyâs president and CEO did not respond to a message left seeking comment for the news story. The outbreak only became known in recent days through a Vermont Public Records request that the state health department is now requiring before it will share public information about the locations of COVID outbreaks.