Public Health Sudbury & Districts has declared another COVID-19 outbreak at Health Sciences North.
The outbreak was announced late Tuesday night. It affects the seventh floor (7B) of the North Tower at the Ramsey Lake Health Centre.
“Public Health is actively working with the hospital to investigate the outbreak and ensure patients and staff are protected,” Public Health Sudbury stated.
The health unit said the three outbreaks at the hospital are contained and “there is no evidence of ongoing transmission.”
An outbreak was declared March 12 in a hallway on the sixth floor of the South Tower at the hospital. The next day, March 13, another outbreak was declared, this time on the sixth floor of the South Tower.
The health unit said the two outbreaks weren’t related.
In terms of the latest outbreak, Public Health or Health Sciences North will directly contact anyone identified as a close contact and provide further direction, the health unit said in a news release.
“The need for everyone to monitor and screen for COVID-19 symptoms daily and to stay home when ill is critical in limiting the spread of the virus. If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, please take it seriously, and get tested,” said Stacey Laforest, director, health protection division, with Public Health Sudbury & Districts.
There are currently 13 patients in hospital with confirmed cases of COVID-19. Four of those patients are in the ICU. There are also 16 admitted patients under investigation for the illness, with two of those patients in the ICU as well.
