WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has declared several COVID-19 outbreaks at health care facilities across the region as of Jan. 18.
Outbreaks have been declared at the following locations within Wellington County:
– Birmingham Retirement Community in Mount Forest (Jan. 12);
– Caressant Care Fergus, retirement and long-term care home (Jan. 11);
– Caressant Care Harriston, long-term care home (Jan. 6);
– Eden House, long-term care home, Guelph/Eramosa (Jan. 1);
– Highland Manor, retirement home, Fergus (Jan. 10);
– Royal Terrace Long-Term and Residential Care in Palmerston (Dec. 28); and
– Wellington Terrace Long-Term Care Home in Aboyne (Dec. 27).
Recent outbreaks declared over include:
– Caressant Care Arthur (Jan. 12).
For an outbreak to be declared over, 14 days must pass since the last symptomatic or positive individual is reported.
