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COVID-19 outbreak grows at Kitchener hospital, second potential outbreak under investigation
COVID-19 outbreak declared at unit in SMGH in Kitchener; one at CMH under ‘watch status’ SMGH provided an update on Tuesday night which said that outbreak has expanded as seven patients and four staff have now tested positive for the virus.It says that testing and heightened precautions continue in the unit.The hospital says it has been working with Waterloo Public Health to investigate a second potential outbreak in the seventh floor Medicine Unit.It says the investigation began after a patient, who has tested positive, may have acquired the virus during a previous stay at St.