Foothills Medical Centre have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 12 staff cases linked to two outbreaks of the virus.An additional 17 patients have fallen ill with the virus, and three others have died.
Alberta Health Services didn’t report any additional deaths or patient cases linked to the outbreak on Thursday. Coronavirus: 3rd patient dies, patient screening increased amid Foothills hospital outbreaks The outbreaks, which are on two cardiac units and one general medicine unit, were first announced over the weekend.
No more units have been affected, AHS said, and officials still haven’t found any evidence to link the two.Since then, visitors on the units have been restricted to end-of-life situations only, and staff.