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Coronavirus: Hamilton reports 42 new COVID-19 cases, outbreak at Juravinski Hospital
coronavirus on Friday, as well as an outbreak at a unit in the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre (JHCC).Public health says two workers and a patient tested positive for COVID-19 at the E3 medicine unit which deals with patients who have serious medical conditions such as diabetes, acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, heart failure, pneumonia, and others including asthma and stroke.The infected staff members are now at home self-isolating and those who spent prolonged periods of time on the unit are currently being tested, according to hospital officials.Patient care is continuing. Ontario reports 1,780 new coronavirus cases, 25 deaths There are 23 active outbreaks in the city involving a total of 389 people as of Dec.