Public Health Sudbury & Districts has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Health Sciences North’s Ramsey Lake Health Centre affecting two hallways of the sixth floor, South Tower.
Public Health is actively working with the hospital to investigate the outbreak and ensure patients and staff are protected.
Currently, the outbreak has been contained and there is no evidence of ongoing transmission.
Public Health or Health Sciences North will directly contact anyone identified as a close contact and provide further direction.
“The need to protect our health care system is absolutely critical,” said Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, Medical Officer of Health with Public Health Sudbury & Districts. “To do this, Public Health remains hard at work to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the community and our health care system. At the same time, everyone must also continue to do their part and continue to take public health measures seriously.”
Public Health is also reporting a COVID-19-related death in Greater Sudbury.
The individual was a resident of Amberwood Suites retirement home.
Public Health Sudbury & Districts offers sincere condolences to the family, friends, and caregivers affected by this loss and throughout this difficult time. Out of respect, no further details will be provided.
The death will be reported in Public Health’s daily update of COVID-19 case data TODAY at 4 p.m. A total of 10 deaths have now been reported across our service area since the beginning of the pandemic.
Additionally, Public Health Sudbury & Districts received confirmation from Public Health Ontario that a second individual in our service area has tested positive for the COVID-19 UK variant (B.1.1.7).
This individual is one of the three possible cases of the more highly transmissible strain of COVID-19 reported on February 5.
Two possible cases are still pending confirmation as genome sequencing is still underway.