Kitchener hospital put in charge of nursing home with 51 COVID-19-related deaths A total of 178 residents and 73 staff members tested positive for the virus over the duration of the outbreak, which eventually forced the province to hand over management of the facility to St.
Mary’s General Hospital.The last remaining outbreak in the region is at Sunnyside Home in Kitchener which is currently going through its third outbreak.In its daily update, Waterloo Public Health says six more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus raising the total number of cases in the region to 1,299.The agency says there have now been 34,418 coronavirus tests conducted in area testing centres, an increase of 1,073 over Monday’s update.[ Sign up for.