Peterborough Regional Health Centre says its first patient admitted with the novel coronavirus has been released. In videos posted on Facebook and Twitter on Friday morning, the hospital said a woman named Darlene was the first patient admitted to the hospital after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
The hospital stated she was released on May 8. Her surname was not provided. Peterborough Public Health said that on March 24, a woman in her 60s was the first admitted case to the Peterborough hospital and the region’s ninth confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
The patient had travelled to the U.S. and a week prior to her admission was showing symptoms of COVID-19. The hospital says the woman spent 25 days in