A new 36-bed inpatient unit has been opened at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) in anticipation of an increase in patients with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
On Wednesday, the hospital announced the inpatient unit was designed to create additional capacity to care for patients with respiratory illness.
Currently, the hospital is caring for three patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, two of whom are in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Peterborough Public Health on Tuesday reported there are 28 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region. Three of the cases have been resolved.