Guelph General Hospital is reporting Wednesday that it is treating 28 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, while 34 staff members are off work due to the virus.In the past week, the number of patients has dropped by three, while the number of staff away has dropped by eight.Across Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, public health reports 38 people are in the hospital with COVID-19, including nine in an intensive care unit.
Ontario long-term care visitor restrictions under review, new minister says Guelph’s coronavirus death toll has reached 50 during the pandemic with one new fatal case reported on Monday.Testing has captured three new cases in the city, raising its total case count to 8,908.
However, that is an underestimate of the true widespread transmission of the virus due to recent testing restrictions.Guelph has at least 226 active cases, while 27 cases are now considered resolved raising that total figure to 8,632.In Wellington County, 39 new cases have been confirmed, raising the total confirmed case count to 4,292.
There are at least 150 active cases in the county and there have been 43 fatal cases during the pandemic.There are nine active COVID-19 outbreaks in Guelph and Wellington County health facilities.