A novel coronavirus outbreak announced earlier this month at Belleville General Hospital has ended. Hastings Prince Edward Public Health said that as of April 14, the outbreak is officially over.
COVID-19 was first detected at the hospital on April 1 when two patients sharing a double room were diagnosed with the disease.
The April 1 cases prompted Quinte Health Care to put 30 hospital workers in self-isolation. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Two weeks after the fact, no other patients or staff have tested positive for the virus, and the cases of the two patients have now been resolved, according to Quinte Health Care.