Grand River Hospital (GRH) has declared a COVID-19 outbreak in one of its medicine units. It becomes the second Kitchener hospital to do so in less than a week after St.
Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH) also declared an outbreak over the weekend. GRH says it has declared the outbreak in of its medicine units, 8A, after discussions with Waterloo Public Health.
The hospital says that at the beginning of April a patient was admitted without symptoms but by mid-month, they had developed respiratory symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19.
In addition, a person who was sharing a room with the patient and a caregiver for the pair have also developed symptoms. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] GRH says