St. Joe’s declares outbreak at Charlton campus in Hamilton

St. Joseph’s Healthcare reported a COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday at its Charlton Campus in Central Hamilton.

The agency says three patients tested positive at the dialysis unit of the facility and are now in isolation.

A contact tracing investigation is underway and all patients and staff within the hemodialysis units are being tested for the coronavirus.

The hospital says the outbreak will not affect regularly scheduled treatments for patients.

There are now 103 coronavirus cases in seven current outbreaks at city hospitals, with St. Joe’s also reporting an outbreak at its West 5th campus, which has seven cases among staffers.

At least one worker at the West 5th facility has screened positive for a COVID-19 variant, according to pubic health.

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) has five outbreaks as of Friday with three at Hamilton General and a pair at the Juravinski.

The outbreak at the Juravinksi’s F3 acute care unit is the largest of the latest outbreaks with a total of 44 cases since being declared on March 12.

Two other HHS units — 5 West and Unit 8 West at Hamilton General — have recorded at least one virus death since late February.

There are 32 active outbreaks in Hamilton as of March 19, which include 68 cases among six shelters and 13 cases at five public schools.

The city’s two hospitals have a combined 111 patients being treated for COVID-19, 94 at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) facilities and 17 at St. Joe’s.

1:55 Ford outlines reasons for moving Ottawa to ‘Red Level’ restrictions

• Ford outlines reasons for moving Ottawa to ‘Red Level’ restrictions
• COVID-19: Ford says he’s in favour of potential changes to framework for some cities in lockdown
• ‘God bless America’: Ford thanks Biden amid reports U.S. sending 1.5 million vaccines to Canada
• Send COVID-19 vaccines to buildings with many seniors for equitable access, Ontario experts say

Previous Video

Next Video