Lhe death toll at CHSLD General Hospital is now 12 since the start of the outbreak, with three new deaths on Saturday. Up to 74 users (+8) and 42 employees are infected.
The non-contracted private CHSLD of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Jardins du Haut Saint-Laurent, has experienced another case jump, 36 users (+5) and 43 employees (+7) are now infected.
“When COVID-19 enters somewhere, it’s hard to prevent its spread given the level of care given to patients. The most stringent measures are applied, but sometimes the wave takes off and continues to spread. Eventually, the measures paid off and the wave stopped swelling, as was the case with the Jeffery Hale. We hope this is what will happen at the General Hospital and at the Jardins du Haut Saint-Laurent. We are trying to contain the wave as much as possible, “said a CIUSSS spokesperson, Mathieu Boivin, in an interview with The sun.
Despite the constantly growing numbers, Boivin says “the signal is no more alarming than elsewhere.”
Reinforcements are already on site, CIUSSS employees and “SWAT” teams dedicated to hot areas.
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“The bigger the place, the more likely the virus will spread. The ideal is that the virus never enters, ”adds Mathieu Boivin.
Assessment for the Capitale-Nationale
In the Quebec City region, a total of 31 new cases and four other deaths were announced on Saturday. Up to 1,563 people have been infected and 107 deaths have occurred since the start of the pandemic. In addition, 859 people are considered cured. On the territory, 25 people are hospitalized, two of them are in intensive care.
The fourth death on Saturday occurred at CHSLD Le Faubourg, his second since the start of the outbreak. The place seemed to have avoided the worst, with only one death on its roadmap in the past few weeks. However, four new cases were also recorded on Saturday, up to 21 users and 14 employees are now infected.
The situation remains stable in the 10 other hatching areas in the region: Jeffery Hale Hospital (213 cases and 40 deaths), Paul-Triquet CHSLD (75 cases and 15 deaths), Manoir de Courville (49 cases and 6 deaths), Les Jardins d’Évangéline (133 cases and 11 deaths), CHSLD Saint-Jean-Eudes (22 cases and 4 deaths), Manoir and Cours de l’Atrium (57 cases and 7 deaths), Havre du Trait-Carré (33 cases and 1 death), CHSLD Yvonne-Sylvain (2 cases and 1 death), CHSLD Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (9 cases), Clairière du Boisé (14 cases).
On Friday, four isolated cases of COVID-19 were identified among pupils and staff of primary schools in the region. “There was no contagion, the cases were immediately withdrawn whether it was a teacher or a student,” said Mathieu Boivin.
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