Our province recorded 977 new coronavirus cases yesterday….with nine additional deaths.
In our own area, there have been three cases of COVID-19 reported over the weekend.
Case #44 from the Sault Ste. Marie Region is considered community spread and the individual is in self-isolation.
Case #125 cause is unknown Case #126 in Sudbury has contracted through close contact and those individuals are also in self-isolation.
Testimony published by the commission of inquiry into long term care, and the effects of COVID-19, warns that many personal support workers won’t be returning to their jobs.
Sharleen Stewart, head of SEIU Healthcare, says the number of personal support workers has dropped by 30 percent since the pandemic first took hold….and many won’t be coming back.
Stewart blames poor pay, and the lack of full-time positions, for her members’ deciding not to return to the job.