Just over the last week, the number of novel coronavirus cases in the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark region has jumped from one to 52.
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit identified 12 new cases between Thursday and Friday. Two people have died in the region, and there have been three outbreaks at local long-term care facilities. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] A quarter of the people diagnosed with COVID-19 in the region are health-care workers, according to the public health unit, which released a detailed analysis of the last week on Friday.
That analysis says 40 per cent of people diagnosed in the region have had recent travel history, which means the majority of those who have