The first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported in Haliburton County, the region’s health unit announced late Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, the case involves a man in his 90s who, on Monday, arrived by ambulance to Haliburton Highlands Health Services after reporting abdominal pain.
The hospital is locate about 100 km north of Peterborough. The health unit says the man was diagnosed with pneumonia and tested for COVID-19 with results on Wednesday confirming he is positive.
The Haliburton County resident remains hospitalized in isolation and recovering, the health unit said. The case is another example of community transmission, the health unit notes, since the man did not