Brant County experienced the fifth death of the COVID-19 virus on Tuesday morning, even as the province recorded the lowest number of new cases since the onset of the pandemic.
The deceased woman was 90 years old and had been hospitalized for some time, said Interim Health Medical Officer Elizabeth Urbantke.
“I can verify that she contracted the disease while traveling outdoors in Canada,” Urbantke said in her weekly media update Tuesday, noting that the deceased had been sick for two or three weeks.
“I would like to express my deepest condolences to the circle of family members and loved ones of this person. While we are well placed to address the realities of this pandemic, the loss of members of our network remains deeply disturbing.
The woman’s case is not similar to the outbreak at Brantford General Hospital, according to the Brant County Health Department.
This outbreak, previously announced, affects two emergency branch workers who were found to be carrying the virus.
The two were not reflected in combination in Brant County’s knowledge because a user tested positive around July 31 or August 1 and the time the user, who tested positive on August 5, is outside the jurisdiction of Brant County and will not be reflected in our numbers. .
Although the province says a resident or staff member of a nursing home or retirement home is an outbreak, the regulations are different for hospitals.
There, an outbreak consists of two or more cases in patients or staff in a specific domain and over a period of 14 days, where there is no apparent source of infection outside the hospital.
A spokesperson for the Brant Community Healthcare System said no transparent link was discovered between the instances and any affected patients.
The hospital outbreak is the third for General Brantford. The province has made the decision that any occurrence of the virus in a staff member or resident of an asylum, asylum or hospital is classified as an outbreak.
Lately there are 8 active instances on the Brant network and a total of 149 registered instances since the start of the pandemic. The Brant County Health Unit says 137 others have recovered from the virus and seven others are recovering at home.
The Six Nations announced a new case Monday and said the isolation and contact search had been carried out to verify and ensure that no more happened.
In Ontario, a record number of 33 was reported On Tuesday and there were no deaths.
Urbantke said that while the province had reported deaths from COVID on Tuesday morning, he expected Brant County’s death to be reflected in Wednesday’s figures.
“It all depends on when our formula is up-to-date and when they download the data so that the death simply occurred during the transition period.
Provincial tests now represent up to 2,444,068 tests conducted, adding up to 21,581 on the last day of 24-hour registration.
Urbantke noted that a case has been added to the local count in the following week.
“I thank all our citizens for adhering to the rules of public fitness that we asked them to follow,” he said.
“While we have entered the 3rd phase of reopening, it has been wonderful to see our citizens recognize that continuous surveillance is needed to ensure that all businesses that have resumed can continue to do so safely.”
He noted that respect for the mask on the net seems to be and that the fitness unit has not had reports of primary problems.
Urbantke also said the fitness board plans to return to school with any of the school boards.
“The province has shown its willingness to adjust the rules when faced with public aptitude considerations and I hope it is no different,” he said, suggesting that “additional strategies” could be implemented. at a sufficiently good distance.
Health office spokesman Ryan Spiteri also explained how four days of technical disorders knocked down the fitness office after security patches were installed last week.
After a thorough investigation and troubleshooting, the site gave the impression of being restored to a smart, trouble-free physical state on Tuesday.
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