COVID-19 amid an outbreak at the facility.The Good Samaritan Society reported the deaths at the Southgate Care Centre in an update on its website on Sunday afternoon.
The death toll due to COVID-19 at the centre now sits at 31.According to the society, there were nine active COVID-19 cases in residents and eight active cases in employees as of Sunday afternoon.
So far, 39 residents and 25 employees have recovered from the disease, according to the Good Samaritan Society.The COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the centre in June.On Aug.
10, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the province has allowed extra staff to be brought in to the facility despite Alberta’s single-site staffing rule.