The health unit for Renfrew County, west of Ottawa, reported its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday night.
A woman in her 90s with “no recent history of travel” tested positive for COVID-19, the Renfrew County and District Health Unit said in a statement.
The woman, a resident of a local retirement home, developed symptoms and was tested by Pembroke Regional Hospital on March 23, the statement said.
She remains in isolation at the hospital as an inpatient, according to the health unit. “We know that confirmed cases represent only a fraction of disease activity in the community.