An Oshawa long-term care home is working to contain a coronavirus outbreak that has left eight residents infected and one woman dead as of Thursday, according to Durham Region Health Department (DRHD).
Hillsdale Terraces Long-Term Care home said there are also 28 residents in isolation across three units and that a number of COVID-19 test results are pending.
However, health officials said not all 28 residents are being tested. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] “During an outbreak situation testing is not done on all residents in a unit, as per Ministry of Health guidelines,” Glendene Collins with the DRHD said. “Testing is only done on the first few symptomatic residents in a unit to establish the