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TWO MORE DEATHS AT PR RESIDENCE, TOTAL REACHES FIVE
STEPHEN JEFFERY stephen.jeffery@eap.on.ca
Four people died due to COVID-19 at the Prescott and Russell Residence on the weekend, bringing the total to five since an outbreak began two weeks ago. Two more deaths were reported at the residence on Monday afternoon, while two IBECFFODPOàSNFEPO4BUVSEBZ/POFX resident cases were recorded over the weekend, but two more staff members tested positive, bringing the total since the outbreak began to 112. Twenty-seven of the 68 resident cases had been resolved, as had 16 of the 44 staff infections. i*UTUFSSJCMF u&BTUFSO0OUBSJP)FBMUI6OJU &0)6 .FEJDBM0GàDFSPG)FBMUI%S1BVM Roumeliotis said of the deaths. “It’s the TBNFBTXFIBEJO1MBOUBHFOFU<1JOFDSFTU nursing home] as well; once it gets in, it’s just terrible.” All outstanding test results at the resi- dence had been returned. More testing will be conducted at the residence later UIJTXFFL%S3PVNFMJPUJTTBJE3FE$SPTT personnel and paramedics had helped fill a staffing shortage due to the outbreak over the weekend. The residence was us- ing a three-to-four-day outlook to determine staffing needs. 5IF&0)6BSFBSFQPSUFEOFX$07*% cases over the weekend, 20 of which were JO1SFTDPUU3VTTFMM5IFOFXDBTFTCSPVHIU the total since the pandemic began to 550
La Résidence Prescott-Russell a fait état de deux autres décès attribuable à la COVID 19 lundi. —photo d’archives
with 400 cases in total since the pandemic began. The local cases comprised 98 in )BXLFTCVSZ JO$MBSFODF3PDLMBOE JO"MGSFE1MBOUBHFOFU JO3VTTFMM JO $IBNQMBJO JO5IF/BUJPO JO$BTTFMNBO BOEJO&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ Seven people remained hospitalized BDSPTT UIF&0)6BSFB XIJMF UXPXFSF JO intensive care. Some 72,404 tests had been conducted since the pandemic began.
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unexplained presence of the virus.” &MTFXIFSF JO UIF SFHJPO POFDBTFXBT reported at Centre éducatif -FT1FUJUT5SFTPST JO"MGSFE 5XFOUZPOF$07*% DBTFTXFSF DPOàSNFE JO&0)6TDIPPMT CVUPOMZPOF institutions - École élémentaire catholique &NCSVO1BWJMMPO4BJOU+FBOmXBTSFQPSUFE as an outbreak, with more than one case. 5IFOVNCFSPGBDUJWFDBTFTJO1SFTDPUU Russell was 182 as of Monday afternoon,
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