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Coronavirus outbreaks declared at 3 more long-term care homes in Waterloo Region

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Waterloo Public Health says 12 more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus while also announcing that three more outbreaks have been declared at long-term care facilities in the region.

On Thursday morning, the department updated its website to say that a patient was infected at Revera – Forest Heights Long Term Care Centre in Kitchener.

It also said that a staff member had been infected at both St. Luke’s Place in Cambridge and The Village at University Gates in Waterloo.

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On Wednesday morning, Waterloo Region’s acting medical officer of health Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang said the province’s chief medical officer of health had issued a directive that said that if a patient or staff member of a long-term care or retirement home tested positive for COVID-19, it was to be declared an outbreak.

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There are two other outbreaks at such facilities in Kitchener.

Two residents of Highview Residences have tested positive for COVID-19, along with a staff member of Sunnyside Home in Kitchener.

Waterloo Public Health’s announcement of 12 more positive tests in the region brings the total to 129, with 31 of those involving health-care workers.

Twenty-seven of those cases have been cleared, while two men died earlier this week as a result of the virus.

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